Increasing Naloxone Access and Prescribing for Patients on High-Dose Opioids From a Managed Care Pharmacy Health Plan Perspective.

Opioid overdoses decrease when communities have access to naloxone. Clinicians play a key role in offering naloxone to high-risk chronic opioid patients. Managed care pharmacists within our health plan noted disproportionate processing for claims of opioid utilizers compared to claims of naloxone prescriptions.