Veterans would get more non-opioid pain medications through VA's official lists.
Veterans would get more options for non-opioid pain relief through their VA healthcare. This bill would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to add specific non-opioid pain medications to its official drug lists. This change aims to provide veterans with more choices for managing pain without relying on opioids.
Today, the VA is not required to automatically add certain non-opioid pain medications to its official drug lists. This is true even if they are FDA-approved and eligible for specific Medicare payments. If this bill becomes law, the VA would have to include these specific non-opioid pain medications in its national formulary and drug standardization list. This must happen within one year of them meeting those Medicare payment rules. The VA would also need to start carrying out these new requirements within 90 days.
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