Pressure to contain opioid overuse in the United States is at a boiling point. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that overdose deaths linked to opioid prescriptions have increased fivefold over the last two decades. To reduce reliance on opioid prescriptions, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and even some private payers have started offering some financial incentives for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to use non-opioid alternatives.
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