Skilled Nursing
Webinars
The Pain Points of Pain Management: Navigating Opioid Use Regulations in Long-Term Care
April 8, 2025
Webinar Date:
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Presented by:
Caroline Garvey, Manager of Clinical Operations, PharMerica
Shannon Caddell, Manager of Clinical Operations, PharMerica
This session addresses Opioid Stewardship as a means to improve pain management outcomes and opioid use in the LTC environment. Recent CMS updates to the State Operations Manual include revisions to opioid-related regulations, suggesting continued surveyor focus on this area for 2025 and beyond.
We will explore ways to align your facility’s approach to opioid prescribing, monitoring, and pain management to contemporary guidelines that optimize resident outcomes and protect against this potential increased survey scrutiny.
Learning objectives:
1. Review the current state of the Opioid Crisis
2. Identify recent pain management related updates to the SOM and supporting guidelines with which to align practices
3. Discuss how an Opioid Stewardship Program optimizes patient outcomes and regulatory compliance
4. Explain key elements to implement for a successful Opioid Stewardship Program
This program was approved for 1 participant hour of nursing continuing education, as well as by NAB/NCERS for nursing home administrators (approval #20260407-1-A110601-DL) and by NABP for pharmacists (approval #0854-0000-25-006-L08-P). Attendees must have been in attendance for at least 50 minutes to have received credit.