...had prescription drugs, compared to 26.8% nationwide. However, median payments for brand drugs were slightly higher in South Dakota at $478, compared to $477 nationwide. As for generics, South Dakota...
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...care from massage therapists, but massage therapists would not be permitted to establish workplace injury causation or disability. Licensed massage therapists would be required to complete a formal course of...
...1,200 or 57% of compensable COVID-19 claims, equaling $1.3 million or 40% of total COVID-19 benefits paid Protective services, which include first responders, made up 650 or 31% of compensable...
Physician dispensing represents an ongoing and growing challenge for today’s workers’ comp payers – not only from a cost perspective, but from clinical and safety perspectives. Learn about the concerns...
The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted proposed changes to its Electronic Adjudication Management System (EAMS) Rules, which would allow for submission of documents with electronic signatures, consistent with...
...could lessen the impact of the opioid epidemic. While this proposal is still being reviewed, WorkCompCentral, an online news service focused on workers’ comp, published an article that explored this issue. The article...
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...
...growing availability and use of 7-OH opioid products. The report claims 7-OH products have significant potential for abuse and associated harms. The 7-OH compound typically only makes up a 1.6%-2%...
