Opioid Free America is a nonprofit organization working to shift healthcare from reacting to opioid dependence to preventing risk.
Our work focuses on giving clinicians and healthcare organizations the visibility, tools, and support they need to make prevention part of everyday care.
FOR EMPLOYERS & INDUSTRY PARTNERS
Opioids Are Quietly Inflating Your Costs
Find out how much with an Opioid Impact Assessment
Opioid-related claims drive medical spend, disability, and workers’ compensation costs long before anyone recognizes the pattern. By the time it shows up in your numbers, you’ve already paid for it.
What if prevention could do more than protect your members? What if it could protect your bottom line, too?
A data-driven approach to opioid risk can improve health and well-being while creating the potential to reduce overall health plan costs by 4–8%.
FOR PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS
Where Prevention Becomes Practice
For millions of Americans, opioid dependence began within the healthcare system – through well-intentioned care, without a clear plan for stopping treatment and without a full understanding of the risks. This is where the crisis began. And it is exactly where true prevention must begin.
Most providers already believe in responsible prescribing. Our Stewardship Program provides the framework, tools, and ongoing measurement to make prevention part of the culture of care.
The shift is already underway. We’d love to have you lead it with us.
Two Pathways. One Mission.
For Healthcare Facilities
A complete opioid stewardship framework. Eight focused modules, downloadable protocols, and real-world implementation tools – built to help your organization redesign how pain is managed across the entire care continuum. Facilities that complete the program and can demonstrate active stewardship are listed in the Opioid Free America Registry.
For Individual Providers
Opioid Free America Provider Recognition for clinicians committed to prevention-first, opioid-sparing care. Demonstrate your personal commitment to safer pain management – and reinforce your facility’s broader stewardship efforts.
THE COST
The Epidemic Costs are Measurable
The Human Cost is Priceless
We believe every level of healthcare has an opportunity to make a difference – not by second-guessing those providing care, but by bringing greater visibility, awareness, tools, and best practices to the decisions that shape opioid exposure.
3+ Million
7% of patients develop long-term opioid dependency following routine medical care annually – many without knowing the risks.
45%
of initial surgical opioid prescriptions are considered high risk due to pill quantities, dosages, or overlapping medications.
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
The name Opioid Free America reflects a vision for reducing preventable opioid dependence – not eliminating appropriate opioid treatment.
There are times when opioid therapy is the right choice. There are also situations where opioids may be prescribed longer than necessary, used when other approaches could adequately address the condition, or continued without reassessing whether they are still treating the underlying problem.
Our goal is to help healthcare recognize those opportunities earlier.
Overprescribing often stems from the absence of a clear discontinuation plan—physicians know when to write the first prescription, but not always the last.
Our Rx Program uses advanced analytics to identify early signs of risk before addiction develops. Through targeted provider outreach and education, we support alignment with best practices to help prevent unnecessary exposure before it leads to dependence.
Our Registry is designed to recognize providers and organizations who have committed to prevention-first, responsible care.
Our Stewardship program provides practical tools, evidence-based protocols, and real-world implementation guidance. We help organizations establish facility-level opioid stewardship programs, including the development of their own monitoring and tracking framework.
Participating organizations submit quarterly reviews to demonstrate implementation, performance, and measurement.
Want to learn more?
Our mission to prevent opioid addiction often raises important questions – especially around pain management, prescribing decisions, and the meaning of “Opioid Free”.
We welcome those conversations.
Explore our expanded Q&A for more in-depth answers, or submit your own question or concern to help guide the conversation forward.
Change at this scale takes partners, not spectators
Join the prevention-first movement.
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