Postoperative Opioid Prescribing
(Adopted July 2018)
Developed in partnership with the Washington Health Alliance
- Read the Provider Fact Sheet: Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
- Read the Patient Fact Sheet: Opioid Medication & Pain: What You Need to Know
The Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) developed a comprehensive Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain in June 2015. The Guidelines were subsequently adopted by the Bree Collaborative at the July 2015 meeting. This workgroup will design and carry out strategies to implement the Guidelines. This workgroup met from December 2015 to April 2020.
Supporting Materials
Letter from the Health Care Authority Accepting the Postoperative Prescribing Guidelines
Opioid Guideline Implementation Charter
Agency Medical Directors Group Interagency Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain
AMDG Guideline Summary
Workgroup Members
| Name | Title | Organization |
| Chris Baumgartner | Director Prescription Monitoring Program | Washington State Department of Health |
| Gary Franklin, MD, MPH (Chair) | Medical Director | Washington State Department of Labor and Industries |
| Charissa Fontinos, MD | Deputy Chief Medical Officer | Washington State Health Care Authority |
| Deb Gordon, DNP, RN, FAAN | Teaching Associate, Co-director, Pain Service, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine | Harborview Medical Center |
| Frances Gough, MD | Chief Medical Officer | Molina Healthcare |
| Dan Kent, MD | Chief Medical Officer | UnitedHealthcare |
| Kathy Lofy, MD | Chief Science Officer | Washington State Department of Health |
| Jaymie Mai, PharmD | Pharmacy Manager | Washington State Department of Labor and Industries |
| Shirley Reitz, PharmD | Clinical Pharmacist Client Manager | OmedaRx, Cambia |
| Gregory Rudolph, MD | Addiction Medicine | Swedish Pain Services |
| Mark Stephens | President | Change Management Consulting |
| David Tauben, MD | Chief of Pain Medicine | University of Washington Medical Center |
| Gregory Terman MD, PhD | Professor | Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and the Graduate Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, University of Washington |
| Michael Von Korff, ScD | Senior Investigator | Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute |
| Mia Wise, DO | Medical Director, Collaborative Healthcare Solutions | Premera Blue Cross |
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