High-level trends in healthcare drug spending and utilization in workers? comp...
High-level trends in healthcare drug spending and utilization in workers? comp...
With the healthcare supply chain experiencing a multitude of disruptions, delays, shortages, and other concerns, an undeniable impact has been made on the delivery of workers’ comp products and services,...
...adjunct to opioid analgesics. Combogesic should be limited to five days of use or less. Combogesic features similar warnings that respectively come with acetaminophen and ibuprofen products. Acetaminophen can be...
...the differences between workers’ comp and group health PBMs and the specific value that workers’ comp PBMs bring to the table. Sandy Shtab was one of three panelists, joining Sean...
...2023 by Family Dollar outside of labeled temperature requirements. As ibuprofen is a common pain medication available over-the-counter, it is possible that workers’ comp patients may have purchased these impacted...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published Telemedicine: Patterns of Use and Reimbursement, 2020Q1 – 2021Q2 – A WCRI FlashReport. Though COVID-19 cases have declined, it is assumed that the...
...use alternative therapies more than conventional options. Organizations such as Harvard, Stanford, Duke University and the Mayo Clinic have established alternative or complementary medicine programs, and clinical evidence is surfacing...
...pressure, stroke, or diabetes. Considering that workers’ comp claims with a comorbid diagnosis nearly tripled from 2000 to 2009, and that claims with comorbidities can have twice the medical cost of other...
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) published a new report that discusses aspects and challenges of integrating COVID-19 presumptions into the workers’ comp system, following Executive Order N-62-20 which greatly...
...work), as compared to 1.8 million men who left the labor force.5 And there is evidence to suggest a good number of those women may not come back to work, such...
