Opioid abuse is a growing epidemic impacting individuals across the nation. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 44 people die every day due to opioid overdose. Patients are commonly prescribed these strong and often addictive painkillers to alleviate pain after an accident, injury, or illness and too many are not able to properly wean themselves off of the need for their pain reducing effects. The opioid crisis in our nation has become particularly concerning for employers, as the ongoing utilization of these drugs by injured workers is driving workers’ compensation plan costs.