Less is More: Fulfillment of Opioid Prescriptions Before and After Implementation of a Modifier 22 Based Quality Incentive for Opioid-Free Vasectomies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the percentage of patients who filled peri-procedural opioid prescriptions before and after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) launched a modifier 22 payment incentive for opioid-sparing vasectomies in Michigan on July 1, 2019.

Methods

We evaluated BCBSM administrative claims data from February 1, 2018 - November 16, 2020 for men 20 - 64 years old who underwent vasectomy or a control office-based urologic procedure (cystourethroscopy, prostate biopsy, circumcision, and transurethral destruction of prostate tissue.) The primary outcome was the percentage of patients who filled opioid prescriptions 30 days before to 3 days after their procedure. We performed an interrupted time series analysis to estimate changes in the percentage of patients who f

SUBMITTER: Nam CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11424010 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature