...at a time when most Americans live in states where marijuana is legal in some form, and national cannabis policy has lagged behind changes at the state level. This divide...
...challenges, there is one asset that can perhaps be leveraged more optimally as a mitigator of claim complexity – the injured worker patient. Even as workers’ compensation programs have beHealthe Leaders Share Insights
...plans. For a Q&A session that recaps key points of the presentation and delivers valuable insights into comorbidities common in workers’ comp, how they impact comp, pharmaceutical concerns, and more,...
...drivers and emerging trends in total costs per claim and key components. According to the reports, total workers’ comp claim costs increased an average of 6% per year from 2022...
...successfully weaned off opioids completely, taking an average of eight months after achieving chronic opioid use status before ceasing opioid use entirely, with an average of 19 months between injury...
...men, but a considerably higher 15.5% for women.3 Black and Hispanic women suffered even greater employment losses, accounting for 46% of the total decrease in women’s employment, even...
...of an evidence-based drug formulary for workers’ compensation claims. The bill prohibits workers’ compensation and occupational disease compensation reimbursements for drugs specified as “not recommended” in the Official Disability Guidelines...
...used in the treatment of certain injuries and diseases, including pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulation, and relieving some of the symptoms of HIV/AIDs, cancer, glaucoma, and...
...response, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) launched a pilot in March using a secure third-party recording service. The pilot ends in August, after which L&I will decide whether...
...claims professionals, healthcare providers, pharmacists, ancillary product and service vendors, all interact and are, to a large degree, interdependent. A level of dissatisfaction with the flow of information between stakeholders...
Illinois House Bill 1256 was introduced, written to restrict reimbursement for custom compound medications to a one-time, seven-day supply, payable only if no commercial equivalent exists and all active ingredients...
...negative consequences for reporting an injury Stigma around workers’ comp patients across various stakeholders Plans for self-care Lack of direction from employers and insurers Approximately 25% of patients faced complications...
...extended release opioid products – OxyContin, Butrans, and Hysingla. As part of the settlement, Purdue faces a criminal fine of $3.544 billion and an additional $2 billion in criminal forfeiture....
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published a report that assessed the point-of-sale prices from 2010-2018 for orally administered anticancer drugs offered through Medicare Part D. In 2013, only...
...healthcare providers. The machine-readable files are formatted to allow researchers, regulators, and application developers to more easily access and analyze data. https://www.cigna.com/legal/compliance/machine-readable-files Featured Positions We have been growing since 2002 and...
