{"id":35987,"date":"2018-01-11T19:41:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/11\/va-to-publicly-post-opioid-prescription-rates-for-all-facilities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:51:59","slug":"va-to-publicly-post-opioid-prescription-rates-for-all-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2018\/01\/11\/va-to-publicly-post-opioid-prescription-rates-for-all-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"VA publicly posts opioid prescription rates for all facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=d61cdd1c-c7d4-4378-90a8-e29535080d8b\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-d61cdd1c-c7d4-4378-90a8-e29535080d8b.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Secretary Shulkin discusses opioid use with Leo Shane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Department of Veterans Affairs has begun publicly posting data on how frequently its doctors prescribe opioids to help with patients\u2019 pain, in an effort to increase awareness about use of the problematic medications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is the latest a broader transparency campaign led by VA Secretary David Shulkin. In 2017, for the first time, department officials began publicly listing information on VA disciplinary actions, hospital wait times and leadership travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the latest move will make the department the first hospital system in the country to disclose details on opioid use, which health experts say has risen dramatically in recent years and may cause as many as 90 overdose deaths a day nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with Military Times on Thursday, VA Secretary David Shulkin said he hopes the move will provide clearer picture of VA facilities that are successfully responding to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think VA is among some of the best work in the country on this, but we have to continue to learn from within VA to spread it to other VA centers,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd we also have the responsibility to share what we learned with the rest of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2012, when VA instituted a new opioid safety initiative to decrease the amount of medication dispensed, prescriptions have dropped more 41 percent system-wide. Officials said 99 percent of facilities have decreased their prescribing rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late last year, Shulkin invited members of the White House commission on opioids to visit the Cleveland VA Medical Center to discuss their medication management techniques. Shulkin said the facility has only 3 percent of its patients using opioids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Shulkin acknowledged that prescribing rates remain high at some VA facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat you can see now across the country \u2014 this will be available when we publicly post this in the near future \u2014 you will see some parts of the country are doing better than other parts of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Kellyanne Conway \u2014 counselor to the president and a lead official on the opioid commission \u2014 praised VA\u2019s move as \u201caninnovative way to raise awareness, increase transparency and mitigate the dangers of overprescribing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials said the new data will include how facilities\u2019 usage rates have changed in recent years, but cautioned against comparing different centers and regions directly against each other \u201cbecause the needs and condition of veterans may be different at each facility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shulkin called the department\u2019s new transparency efforts part of a broader cultural change at the department over the last year, an a permanent change in how VA officials will approach their responsibilities for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you begin to start disclosing and publicly sharing information, it\u2019s very hard to stop that,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a commitment that\u2019s going to be at VA for a long time. 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