Project Lazarus A community-wide response to managing pain

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Project Lazarus A community-wide response to managing pain

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Project Lazarus A community-wide response to managing pain. Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), in conjunction with non-profit organization Project Lazarus, is responding to some of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country through its Chronic Pain Initiative (CPI). Goals - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), in conjunction with non-profit organization Project Lazarus, is responding to some of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country through its Chronic Pain Initiative (CPI).

Goals

Reduce opioid-related overdoses

Optimize treatment of chronic pain

Manage substance abuse issues (opioids)

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A set of interrelated programs designed to improve the medical care

received by chronic pain patients, and in the process, to reduce the

misuse, abuse, potential for diversion and overdose from opioid

medication.

Key program components:

Clinical Community Focus

Primary Care Physician Toolkit Take only your own medications

Emergency Department Toolkit Keep medications in a safe place

Care Management Toolkit Education on dangers of opioids

Network CPI Champion

What is the Chronic Pain Initiative?

Model is based on proper assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plan with Pain agreement as necessary

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Why are we looking at replication?

Evidence exists that the Wilkes County approach is changing conditions in

ways that will reduce misuse, abuse, diversion and overdose from

prescription opioids.

Changes in how medical professionals manage chronic pain patients and monitor their

prescription use.

Change in opioid prescribing policy and practice within ED of Wilkes Regional Medical

Center

Increased access to Naloxone and understanding of when and how to use

Pill take-back days

Community awareness, coalition building for community education

Reduction in unintentional poisoning deaths, especially those stemming

from narcotics prescribed by providers based in Wilkes County

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Unintentional Poisoning Deaths by County: N.C., 1999-2009

Source: N.C. State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics-Deaths, 1999-2009 Analysis by Injury Epemiology and Surveillance Unit

1999 - 2001

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Unintentional Poisoning Deaths by County: N.C., 1999-2009

Source: N.C. State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics-Deaths, 1999-2009 Analysis by Injury Epemiology and Surveillance Unit

2002 - 2005

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Unintentional Poisoning Deaths by County: N.C., 1999-2009

Source: N.C. State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics-Deaths, 1999-2009 Analysis by Injury Epemiology and Surveillance Unit

2006 - 2009

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Poisonings on the Rise

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NC Cost of Hospitalizations for Unintentional Poisonings

Average cost of inpatient hospitalizations

for an opioid poisoning*: $16,970

Number of hospitalizations for unintentional

and undetermined intent poisonings**: 5,833

Estimated costs (2008): $98,986,010

Does not include costs for hospitalized substance abuse

* Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

** NC State Center for Health Statistics, data analyzed and prepared by K. Harmon, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch, DPH, 1/19/2011

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100 North Carolina counties  # Cost

Patients with >12 opioid scripts and >=10 ED visits in past 12 months

2,256  

ED Visits (average per visit cost $2,610.00)  $5,881,160

>12 narcotics 16,172

Medicaid Network Patient Case Management

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Controlled Substances/Overdoses

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Opioids a Rising NC Problem

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Key Ingredients in Chronic Pain Initiative

Establishment (or prior existence) of a community coalition that is able to develop and implement effective strategies to reduce substance use

A sense of urgency among local actors who have influence

Dedicated manager of the coalition with skills in process and content

Appropriate strategy for achieving a change in prevailing medical practice re: treatment of chronic pain patients (PCP and ED locations)

Tailored to local conditions

Includes education on the extent of the problem in the community and the role of providers in limiting supply and opportunities for diversion

Includes useful tools that providers can adopt (e.g., Medication Agreements, guidelines for proper script writing)

Explicit recommendations for hospital policies that limit dispensing of narcotics (especially to ED patients)

Take advantage of leverage points in larger environment (e.g., CSRS, Medicaid lock-in)

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Key Ingredients in Chronic Pain Initiative

Makes effective use of various partners in carrying out strategies

including but not limited to:

Public health department – multiple strategies

County Medical Director – to reach physicians and ED

Medical providers – to change their own practice and educate other

providers

Pharmacist – to other pharmacies in community

Law enforcement

Schools

Behavioral Health, Prevention and Treatment Programs and

Organizations

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Contents of the Toolkit

General information

o Managing chronic pain

o Proper prescription writing

o Precautions

Tools for managing chronic pain patients

o Universal Precaution for Prescribing and Algorithm for assessing and managing pain

o Pain Treatment Agreement

o Format for progress notes

o Medication flowsheet

o Personal care plan

o Prescriber and Patient education materials

o Screening Forms and Brief Intervention

o Naloxone Prescribing

o Controlled Substance Reporting System (CSRS)

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Primary Care Tool Kit

Physician toolkit for treating chronic pain patients

Encourage the use of Pain Treatment Agreements with chronic pain

patients

Encourage use of Provider Portal

Encourage use of Controlled Substance Reporting System (CSRS)

Encourage the assignment of pharmacy home for chronic pain

patients lock-in program

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Emergency Department Tool Kit

Care management for pain patients visiting ED

ED policy that restricts the dispensing of narcotics

Encourage the Use of the CSRS by ED physicians

Encourage the Use of Provider Portal in the ED

Identify Chronic Pain Patients and Refer for Care Coordination based on ED assessment

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Care Management Tool Kit

Provide support to ED identification of chronic pain patients- referrals to PCP or specialty services

Provide care management for patients identified by PCP practice as CPI patient; consider pharmacy lock-in program

Ongoing care management for Medicaid patients with narcotic prescriptions above threshold pain patients via TREO data

Educate PCPs and providers in utilization of Chronic Pain Tool Kit

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Project Lazarus Results1. Lower Risk in the Community 2. Similar Benefit to Patients

3. Improved Risk : Benefit

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Can coalitions help reduce Rx drug abuse?

Counties with coalitions had 6.2% lower rate of ED visits for substance abuse than counties with no coalitions (could be due to random chance)

However, counties with a coalition where the health department was the lead agency had a statistically significant 23% lower rate of ED visits (X2=2.15, p=0.03) than other counties

In counties with coalitions 1.7% more residents received opioids than in counties without a coalition.

Coalitions may be useful in reducing the harms of Rx drug abuse while improving access to pain medications.

More professional coalitions may have a greater impact on reducing Rx drug harms.

Data Sources: NC Health Directors Survey, NC DETECT (2010), CSRS (2008-2010)

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Contact

Dr. Mike Lancaster [email protected]

Fred Wells Brason II [email protected]

www.communitycarenc.org