![]() Horizon also reported that 62 percent of people taking opioids used them for seven days or fewer, up 7 percent from 2013. The number of Horizon commercial members who filled at least one opioid prescription dropped from 18 percent in 2013 to 13 percent in 2017, a 28 percent decrease. Horizon also saw significant decreases for Medicare clients (14 percent) and Medicaid clients (20 percent) during that time. ![]() Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state’s largest health insurance carrier, reported a 30 percent decrease in the total number of opioid prescriptions filled for commercial policy holders from 2013 to 2017. The opioid epidemic continues to claim the lives of New Jersey residents at a tragic rate, but there are signs of improvement in addressing the crisis that could result in many lives being saved in the coming years. ![]()
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