The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) recently published a new report titled The Timing of Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: Does It Matter in Workers’ Compensation? With an increasing number...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) recently published a new report titled The Timing of Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain: Does It Matter in Workers’ Compensation? With an increasing number...
...as poverty, a lack of adequate housing, and food insecurity - are also detrimental to their overall health, contributing to downstream health impacts such as comorbidities, mental health concerns, and...
The FDA recently issued several drug approvals for first-time generic medications. Some of these approvals impact workers’ comp populations, meaning that more cost-effective generics will soon be on the market...
...increased for some conditions commonly seen in workers’ comp –prescribing for back and/or chronic pain more than doubled. Co-prescribing of benzodiazepines and opioids, a dangerous and potentially fatal combination, also...
...and ineffective breathing) and/or central nervous system depression (decreased breathing, decreased heartrate, loss of consciousness). Opioid pain medications are commonly used in workers’ comp, and even when used appropriately, prescription...
...a common side effect from opioid therapy. In the event patients are prescribed medication to treat insomnia, Dayvigo could make its way into workers’ comp claims. Please work with your...
...not only could patients be using CBD products to treat pain, muscle spasms, and other common ailments associated with an injury, but patients who are adhering to their workers’ comp...
...The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) reports that in 2018 alone, at least 16 states considered legislation addressing workers’ comp coverage for “mental-only” injuries like PTSD. As Healthesystems has previously noted,...
...on risk management and commercial insurance, explored the risks opioid prescriptions pose to inpatients, a population less prominent than the more common outpatients taking opioids dispensed by retail pharmacies. Risk &...
...by Silvia Sacalis, BS, PharmD, VP of Clinical Services at Healthesystems, and Adam Seidner, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at The Hartford, at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference...
