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  • ProAssurance and Sure Med Compliance Join to Fight Opioid Crisis

    ProAssurance and Sure Med Compliance Join to Fight Opioid Crisis

    BIRMINGHAM ─ ProAssurance Corporation has announced an exclusive affiliation with Sure Med Compliance® (SMC) to promote the use of SMC’s Care Continuity Program® (CCP) in an effort to help combat the opioid epidemic in the United States. ProAssurance-insured physicians will be eligible for discounted access to Sure Med’s Care Continuity Program The CCP helps physicians…

  • Opioid Prescribing Still High and Varies Widely Throughout U.S.

    Opioid Prescribing Still High and Varies Widely Throughout U.S.

    Opioid prescribing in the United States peaked in 2010 and then decreased each year through 2015, but remains at high levels and varies from county to county in the U.S., according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Six times more opioids per resident were dispensed in 2015 in…