ASA president discusses nonopioid alternatives on Stateline

ASA President Patrick Giam, MD, FASA, was quoted in the article, which looked at how more states and lawmakers are pushing for insurers to cover nonopioid painkillers, why this is important, and why some insurance companies are resistant. “[ASA] believes it is important that insurance plans make nonopioid therapies as accessible to patients as opioid-based therapies,” said Dr. Giam. ASA member Joseph Smith, MD, was also quoted.