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114th Congress   }                                      {    S. Prt.
                            COMMITTEE PRINT
 2nd Session     }                                      {    114-29                                  
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                    COMBATTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC:
                   A REVIEW OF ANTI-ABUSE EFFORTS IN
                       MEDICARE AND PRIVATE HEALTH 
                            INSURANCE SYSTEMS

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                              R E P O R T

                            prepared by the

                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

                                 of the

                   COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND
                          GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                    ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

                            OCTOBER 4, 2016

                       Printed for the use of the
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs


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114th Congress   }                                      {       S. Prt.
                            COMMITTEE PRINT
 2nd Session     }                                      {       114-29                                  
_______________________________________________________________________

                                     


                    COMBATTING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC:

                   A REVIEW OF ANTI-ABUSE EFFORTS IN

             MEDICARE AND PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEMS

                               __________

                              R E P O R T

                            prepared by the

                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

                                 of the

                   COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND

                          GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                    ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS

                            OCTOBER 4, 2016

                       Printed for the use of the
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs




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        COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                    RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin, Chairman
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware
ROB PORTMAN, Ohio                    CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
RAND PAUL, Kentucky                  JON TESTER, Montana
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming             HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey
JONI ERNST, Iowa                     GARY C. PETERS, Michigan
BEN SASSE, Nebraska

                  Christopher R. Hixon, Staff Director
              Gabrielle A. Batkin, Minority Staff Director
           John P. Kilvington, Minority Deputy Staff Director
                     Laura W. Kilbride, Chief Clerk

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                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

                       ROB PORTMAN, Ohio Chairman
JOHN McCAIN, Arizona                 CLAIRE McCASKILL, Missouri
RAND PAUL, Kentucky                  JON TESTER, Montana
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin
KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire          HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota
BEN SASSE, Nebraska

           Brian Callanan, Staff Director and General Counsel
                        Matt Owen, Chief Counsel
                      Mark Angehr, Senior Counsel
                       Andrew Polesovsky, Counsel
                      Will Dargusch, Investigator
        Margaret Daum, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
                    Brandon Reavis, Minority Counsel
                       Kelsey Stroud, Chief Clerk



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