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July 7, 2020
American Medical Association Asks CDC to Revise Opioid Guidelines

With four years having passed since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published their Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, the CDC recently opened up a comment period...

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August 22, 2023
Utilization of Opioid Use Disorder Medications

...cannabis use disorder. The numbers reported by JAMA are liable to change in the coming years, as access to medications for OUD, such as buprenorphine, could increase. Efforts from a...

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November 9, 2018
FDA Approves New Opioid, Dsuvia

...to address use-related errors. In fact, the head of the FDA’s advisory committee on painkillers argued the drug would likely worsen the opioid crisis. According to the FDA-approved label, Dsuvia...

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April 15, 2023
Marijuana Reimbursement Initiatives See Signs of Life

...bill now sits with the Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently overturned two previous decisions made by the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appel Board which denied...

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October 18, 2022
FDA Advises Against NSAID Use in Pregnant Women at 20 Weeks and Later

...lead to low levels of amniotic fluid surrounding the baby and possible complications. NSAIDs are commonly used to relieve pain, and they are regularly used in workers’ comp. Common NSAIDs...

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August 30, 2022
For Today’s Capacity-Strapped Claims Teams, Automation Gives a Helping Hand

...duplicate bills that come through on 150 claims. That is time which can now be applied to meaningful work. Couple this with clinical logic that helps detect complexity that may...

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September 6, 2023
Wacky Weather: How Climate Change Is Impacting Workers’ Comp

...sweating mechanism fails. In workers’ compensation, heat-related illnesses are prevalent. A study by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs compared records from more than 11 million California workers’ comp...

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August 3, 2020
Department of Labor Audit: COVID-19’s Impact on Comp

...following federal workers’ comp programs: The Division of Federal Employees Compensation (DFEC) The Division of Coal Mine Workers’ Compensation (DCMWC) The Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) The...

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August 23, 2024
FDA Alerts Providers, Compounders, and Patients of Dosing Errors with Compounded Semaglutide

The FDA issued an alert to providers, compounders, and patients of dosing errors associated with compounded injectable semaglutide products, due to reports of adverse events, some requiring hospitalization, that may...

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May 18, 2017
State of the States

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