...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...
...safety test results and other critical information with the U.S. government The Department of Commerce will develop standards and best practices for detecting AI-generated content and authenticating official content to...
...recall included several compounded opioid products, including various lots of fentanyl, morphine, and hydromorphone compounds, along with certain lots of benzodiazepine compounds that included midazolam. The expanded recall now includes...
...NCCI reported that at least 40 bills were in motion this year surrounding compensation for mental injuries, with more than 30 of those bills specifically mentioning PTSD, though states are...
...challenges, there is one asset that can perhaps be leveraged more optimally as a mitigator of claim complexity – the injured worker patient. Even as workers’ compensation programs have been...
...has been introduced, which would limit the presumptions only to first responders, including police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency dispatchers, and other persons certified to provide medical care...
New York has pre-filed Senate Bill 495, which proposes legalizing medical psilocybin use under strict conditions. Administration would occur in clinical settings or at home under certified facilitators, who must...
...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,...
Massachusetts could soon take action on the regulation of psychedelic therapy, with a recently certified a ballot initiative for voters and a newly introduced bill for legislative consideration. Voters will...
...Bill 755 now limits coverage to police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency dispatchers, and other certified emergency medical personnel. The law also redefines qualifying conditions, covering only mental...
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...
...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...
...underserved communities. It also establishes licensing for manufacturing and distribution while preventing unauthorized use and interstate diversion. If enacted, the bill would take effect immediately. New Hampshire House Bill 528...
...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...
...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...