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Physician Protect Thyself: The Risks of Liberal Opioid Prescribing
The prescribing of opioids and other controlled substances presents significant legal and practice risks for healthcare providers. Liberal prescribing practices can lead to criminal liability, malpractice claims, medical board sanctions, and program exclusions, putting both patient safety and professional licensure at risk. Additionally, abrupt discontinuation of opioids poses serious concerns, including patient harm, withdrawal complications, and potential legal repercussions.
This discussion will explore the multifaceted risks associated with opioid prescribing, including legal consequences and regulatory scrutiny. We will also examine strategies that providers can implement immediately to enhance patient safety while minimizing medical-legal exposure. These best practices aim to support ethical, evidence-based prescribing and ensure compliance with evolving legal and professional standards.
In this pre-recorded webinar, speaker Don Stader, MD, FACEP, will discuss the legal and practice risks associated with liberal opioid and narcotic prescribing practices.
Target Audience
Physicians
Advanced Practice Clinicians
Learning Objectives
Outline of the Compass program and schedule of learning modules.
Discuss legal and practice risks associated with liberal opioid and controlled substance prescribing practices.
Examine Criminal |Malpractice | Medical Board | Program Exclusion
Discuss the legal and practice risks associated with abrupt discontinuation of opioids.
Introduce practice recommendations that can be implemented today to increase patient safety and reduce medical legal risk.
Don Stater, MD, FACAP, FASAM
Dr. Don Stader, is a board-certified emergency and addiction medicine physician, who works at Swedish Medical Center and Lincoln Health in Colorado. Don is also the founder and Executive Director of The Naloxone Project. He is the founder and past chair of Colorado ACEP's Opioid Task Force, the Editor-in-Chief of COACEP's 2017 Opioid Prescribing & Treatment Guidelines and the CO's CURE’s guidelines on pain control and opioid stewardship. Don served for over 2 years as the Senior Pain Management & Opioid Policy Physician Adviser for the Colorado Hospital Association and serves on multiple national and local committees addressing the opioid epidemic in Colorado and across the nation, he is the current chair of ACEP’s Pain & Addiction Management Section. He is the Medical Director of the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program, a nationwide initiative to improve pain control, prescribing habits, addiction treatment and opioid stewardship for primary care clinicians.
Accreditation: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation: Compass Healthcare Collaborative designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are accepted for nursing and other healthcare discipline license renewal purposes, provided the topic is relevant to the applicant’s field or discipline. After participating, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance detailing the number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ you can claim. This certificate is provided for self-reporting requirements and must be submitted to your state board for license renewal.
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This material was prepared by Compass Healthcare Collaborative (Compass)
Fees are charged solely for individuals seeking Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. All educational materials are provided at no cost and are freely accessible regardless of CME participation. This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS). Compass is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.