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November 6, 2020
California Voters Keep Rideshare Drivers as Independent Contractors

...contractors are not entitled to benefits such as workers’ comp, disability, unemployment, and more. In California, a combination of action from state Supreme Court and the state legislature created the ABC Rule,...

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February 8, 2018
Increased Abuse Among Anti-Diarrhea Drugs

...This comes after reports of serious heart problems and deaths from much higher than recommended doses of loperamide. These adverse events are due to loperamide's increased use as a drug...

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January 7, 2018
No End in Sight for the Opioid Epidemic?

...in the workers’ compensation industry have become experts in managing this particular area of concern, these latest numbers remind us that opioid management continues to be more important than ever....

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March 18, 2020
COVID-19 and Clinical Trials

Many clinical trials are underway for drugs to combat COVID-19, but the FDA gave special notice to two drugs. Gilead Sciences initiated two Phase 3 studies of the investigational antiviral...

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March 21, 2024
New Autoimmune Biosimilar Approved and Alzheimer’s Drug Goes Generic

...Alzheimer’s could interfere with medication adherence, particularly if patients also have a comorbidity. For ongoing coverage of the latest drug approvals and alerts impacting workers’ comp, visit Med Monitor online....

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October 21, 2021
New Drugs, Generics, and a COVID-19 Treatment Update

...drug would be the first oral antiviral medication for COVID-19. For all of the latest updates on FDA drug approvals impacting workers’ comp, check out our interactive web tool, MedMonitor....

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March 17, 2024
Three More States Introduce Psychedelics Bills, While FDA Sets MDMA Decision Date

...for Priority Review the New Drug Application (NDA) for MDMA capsules in combination with psychological intervention for the treatment of PTSD. While this has been long coming, with the FDA...

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July 2, 2020
WCRI Reports on Interstate Variation Trends in Drug Payments

The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a new Flash Report on interstate variation and trends in workers’ comp drug payments from Q1 of 2016 to Q1 of 2019. This report presents...

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February 8, 2019
Marijuana – What to Expect in 2019 and Beyond

...impact of medical marijuana from the public policy and healthcare perspectives – including workers’ compensation. Marijuana’s growing support has unfolded a variety of complex and multifaceted considerations that impact care...

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June 2, 2021
5 Ways We’re Innovating the Digital Experience for Claims Professionals

...Claims professionals have long been the frontline of claims management – this has not changed. What has changed is just about everything else. Claims continue to grow in complexity –...

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