Massachusetts: Explore our new pain management guidance

We recently published guidance for Massachusetts health care professionals highlighting covered alternatives to opioid medications. These guidelines include non-medication pain management services, non-narcotic pain medication alternatives and the applicable benefit limits for treating pain.

These guides apply to members with UnitedHealthcare commercial plans and UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange plans.

New guidance for covered services

• Non-opioid and non-narcotic pain medications
• Alternative treatments such as physical therapy, acupuncture and other non-medication options

These services follow Division of Insurance guidelines and aim to offer members safer, effective choices for managing pain.