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July 3, 2021
AMA Updates Impairment Rating Guidelines for the First Time Since 2008

...insurance and legal proceedings. As these guides are key to rating and establishing impairment across healthcare and in workers’ comp, understanding changes to these guides is important for workers’ comp...

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June 24, 2020
States Limit COVID-19 Liability

...to workers’ comp benefits. Executive Order 20-34 authorizes all licensed and certified healthcare providers to provide services in their normal course of business operations for the purpose of diagnosis, treating,...

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July 5, 2020
States Pass COVID-19 Liability Limitations

...injury or damages. However, this immunity does not extend to workers’ comp benefits. Executive Order 20-34 authorizes all licensed and certified healthcare providers to provide services in their normal course of...

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May 24, 2017
Under the Influence: Impacting Opioid Prescribing Behaviors

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August 7, 2020
American Medical Association Publishes Opioid Task Force Report

...as well as enforce meaningful oversight and enforcement of state and federal mental health and substance use disorder parity laws, including requiring health insurance companies to demonstrate parity compliance at...

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September 24, 2022
Connect with Healthe at National Comp 2022!

...The ways economic stability affects worker health And more Stop by our booth to chat about the latest trends in workers’ comp, and don’t forget to enter our $500 raffle!...

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August 21, 2023
Missouri Enacts PTSD Presumption for First Responders

...a qualifying traumatic event at the workplace is not compensable. Any claim for compensation for an injury shall be properly noticed to the Division of Workers' Compensation within 52 weeks...

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June 4, 2021
Interstate Variation and Trends in Workers’ Comp Drug Payments

...workers’ comp, including: Anticonvulsants Antidepressants Compounds Dermatological agents Musculoskeletal therapy agents Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Opioids This study provides a high-level view of changing costs of prescription drugs in workers’...

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August 30, 2023
Untangling Topical Drug Classes and Costs

...in workers’ comp present concerns for both their therapeutic appropriateness and cost. Let’s look at the different types of topical medications and their cost and efficacy considerations in workers’ comp....

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June 20, 2024
Positive Marijuana Screenings Increase – What More to Expect with Rescheduling?

...to figure out in the coming months and years, there is now a stronger likelihood that marijuana will make its way more into workers’ comp on some level or another....

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