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 Report
Opioid-related claims drive medical spend, disability, and workers’ compensation costs long before anyone recognizes the pattern. You don’t see it in the numbers until after 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 future of healthcare is more intentional. Let’s build it together.
Two Pathways. One Mission.
For Healthcare Organizations
A complete opioid stewardship framework. Eight focused modules, downloadable protocols, and real-world implementation tools – built to help your organization redesign how risk is identified and pain is managed across the entire care continuum.
For Healthcare Providers
Opioid Free America Provider Recognition program is designed for providers demonstrating a personal commitment to prevention-first care while reinforcing their organization’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, 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 exposure and 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.
Risk starts before dependence – and prevention starts before exposure.
Our Stewardship Program helps organizations identify risk earlier, before an opioid prescription becomes the starting point for unnecessary exposure. Our Rx Program then uses advanced analytics to identify early signs of risk before addiction develops, enabling targeted provider outreach and education aligned with best practices.
Real prevention means identifying risk earlier, intervening sooner, and changing the trajectory before dependence begins.
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 naturally raises questions – about pain management, prescribing decisions, opioid-sparing care, and what “Opioid Free” really means.
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
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