VA Opioid Prescription Policy, Practice and Procedures

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Agenda

Panel I

Carolyn Clancy, MD, Interim Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration,

Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied By:

Gavin West, MD, Special Assistant for Clinical Operations

Michael Valentino, Chief Consultant of Pharmacy Benefits Management Services


John D. Daigh, Jr., MD, CPA, Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections,

Office of Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs

                                                                                                                                

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Panel II

G. Caleb Alexander, MD, Co-Director, Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness,

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Carol Forster, MD, Physician Director, Pharmacy & Therapeutics/Medication Safety,

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente 

John Gadea, Director, Drug Control Division, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

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Member Statements

  • Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

  • Chairman Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

Testimony

  • Dr. Carolyn Clancy

    Deputy Under Secretary for Health
    Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
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  • Dr. John D. Daigh

    Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections
    Office of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs
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  • Dr. G. Caleb Alexander

    Co-Director
    Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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  • Dr. Carol Forster

    Physician Director, Pharmacy & Therapeutics/Medication Safety
    Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente
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  • Mr. John Gadea

    Director
    Drug Control Division, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection
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