The California Pharmacy and Therapeutic (P&T) Committee will hold a hybrid meeting on April 16th at 12:30 PM PST to discuss key issues related to the workers' compensation drug formulary....
The Texas Department of Insurance will host a CompCourses webinar on December 11th at 1:00 PM CST, focusing on compliance within the Texas workers' comp system. The webinar will provide...
...the most recent addition to a growing number of states expanding cancer coverage for firefighters in workers’ comp. In April, Montana Senate Bill 160 was signed into law, expanding workers’ comp...
...argued that additional regulations would place unnecessary burdens on stakeholders in the workers' compensation sector, given the existing oversight by the New York Workers' Compensation Board. These new regulations are...
WorkCompWire, an online news service focused on workers’ comp, featured a Partner Post from Healthesystems, which examines how the growth of complex claims requires workers’ comp programs to detect early...
...healthy.” Robin Martin, RN, BSN Ancillary Services Manager, Johns Eastern Company, Inc Long-Term Health Complications of COVID-19 Though many individuals who are infected by COVID-19 recover completely within a few...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released their 25th CompScope™ Benchmarks report, analyzing workers’ comp performance in 18 states from 2018 to 2023, with data through March 2024. The annual...
...would recognize PTSD as a compensable injury for first responders under workers’ compensation. These bills do not explicitly clarify whether a physical injury is necessary for compensation, but they state...
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) published its 89th Legislative Biennial Report, offering a comprehensive update on the state’s workers’ comp system, including recommended law changes aimed at enhancing...
After a decade of combatting opioid abuse and addiction among injured worker patients, workers’ compensation payers are finally seeing a significant reduction in opioid prescriptions and costs. Visit RxInformer online...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published the CompScope™ Benchmarks, 24th Edition, a series of 14 reports that measure the performance of 17 state workers’ comp systems from 2017-2022, with...
...PharmD, was featured in WorkCompWire’s Leaders Speak Series, discussing clinical trends in workers’ comp, including changing populations, shifts in chronic pain drug therapy, and comorbidities. Read the article in full online at WorkCompWire....
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published the 25th edition of their CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks. These reports analyze trends in payments, prices, and medical care utilization across 17 state workers’...
