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Recommendation Details
Text of Recommendation
The New Mexico VA Health Care System Director ensures that facility practice is consistent with Veterans Health Administration and facility policy applicable to early refills of buprenorphine for patients receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder and is consistent with evidence-based treatment and prescribing providers’ clinical rationale, ensures all relevant staff are educated on the policy, and monitors for compliance with policy.
Recommendation Number
01
Recommendation Status
Closed
Significant Recommendation
No
Recommendation Questioned Costs
$0
Recommendation Funds for Better Use
$0
Associated Report Details
Submitting OIG
Report Title
Pharmacists’ Practices Delayed Buprenorphine Refills for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder at the New Mexico VA Health Care System in Albuquerque
Report Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number
21-03195-189
Report Date Issued
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Report Agency Reviewed / Investigated
Report Questioned Costs
$0
Report Funds for Better Use
$0