On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
the use of quality metrics with regard to bringing down the pain surveys, bringing down the numbers, inadvertently incentivized physicians to push opiate medication
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Kuster discusses unintended consequences of quality metrics leading to increased opioid prescriptions.
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