Performance of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Opioid Overutilization Criteria for Classifying Opioid Use Disorder or Overdose

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 321; no. 6; pp. 609 - 611
• Main Authors: Wei, Yu-Jung Jenny, Chen, Cheng, Sarayani, Amir, Winterstein, Almut G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Association 12.02.2019
• Subjects: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S; Drug Overdose - classification; Drug Overdose - epidemiology; Humans; Illicit Drugs; Letter; Letters; Medicare; Opioid-Related Disorders - classification; Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Prescription Drug Overuse - classification; Prescription Drug Overuse - statistics & numerical data; Research Letter; Sensitivity and Specificity; Substance Abuse Detection; United States - epidemiology; United States

This study characterizes the accuracy of CMS’ Overutilization Monitoring System for correctly identifying prescription opioid users at risk of opioid use disorder (OUD) or overdose between 2011 and 2014.