The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has published the second in a three-part series of reports that examine low-volume, high-cost drugs in the California workers’ comp system. The report notes...
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has published the second in a three-part series of reports that examine low-volume, high-cost drugs in the California workers’ comp system. The report notes...
...increase the potential for more drug approvals to come in the next few years. And while there are federal complications as most psychedelics are classified as Schedule I drugs, there...
...health is an “integral and essential component of health.” Research shows there is also an explicit link between physical injury and mental health. In a review of 41 research papers...
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine recently published Association of Opioid, Anti-depressant, and Benzodiazepines with Workers’ Compensation: A Cohort Study, which looks at 22,383 indemnity claims from 2008-2013 to evaluate the association...
2020 has brought with it changing dynamics in healthcare that have significantly impacted the workers’ compensation experience for injured worker patients, claims professionals and many other stakeholders. Healthesystems, in partnership...
Rising drug prices and the impact on workers' comp costs...
...Complexity Drivers Lower Productivity and Higher Costs Even before the complicating factor of a workplace injury, employers face added complexity and costs in their employee populations due to tobacco smoking....
High-level trends in healthcare drug spending and utilization in workers? comp...
The looming physician shortage and how to meet the challenge in workers' comp...
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published a new report on the economic impact of Coronavirus on workers’ comp, exploring employment, business closure and furloughs, injury frequency, injury severity,...
