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medical marijuana

Walmart disregarded medical pot laws for injured worker: Judge

A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday denied in part a summary judgment motion filed by Walmart over its firing...
Topical creams

Study finds topical pain creams ineffective

The use of topical and compound pain creams has increased “dramatically,” yet the medication’s effectiveness was not proven in a...
NFL suit

Court dismisses lawsuit claiming NFL put injured players on field

A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 football players and the estate of one who...
California medical provider

California gives medical providers free access to comp guidelines

The California Division of WorkersÂ’ Compensation on Tuesday said medical providers who treat injured California workers can have free online...
Formulary

Formulary wave challenges comp payers

Workers compensation payers welcome the expanding trend of states adopting prescription drug formularies for their comp systems, but are challenged...

Compound medication prescribing hinders cost control efforts

Although prescription drug formularies have been an industry mainstay at the payer level for years, state-adopted formularies can help with...
John Kapoor

Insys founder, former execs face opioid kickback scheme trial

(Reuters) — The one-time billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc. and four other former executives and managers of the opioid...

Bills would require payers to cover medical cannabis

Both the Senate and House of Representatives in Hawaii are now considering identical bills that would require workers compensation payers...

Indictments revealed in alleged comp medication scam

A California judge has unsealed indictments against eight people accused of operating an international conspiracy to defraud the California workers...

Study links worker characteristics with opioid dispensing in comp

Injured workers in the mining and construction industry and those who live in rural areas are more likely to receive...

7. Pain management, opioids top list of workers comp trends to watch

The conundrum of pain management and opioids is likely to continue into 2019, according to experts....

Bill would require comp payers to cover medical marijuana

A New Jersey lawmaker has filed a bill that would require workers compensation carriers to pay for medical marijuana....

California bars unusual list of drugs for pain management treatment

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s recent changes to the drug formulary specifically list several newly named drugs as prohibited...

California revamps some pain management portions of formulary

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is updating its formulary for injured workers to include more nonexempt opioids and other...

Topicals may work as opioid substitute

Patients who used topical creams to treat pain reduced their opioid use and other concurrent medications over time, but more...

Creams cut pain, but price is the rub

Topical creams are becoming part of the mix of pain treatment options as doctors look for alternatives to addictive opioids....

Natural medicine seen as viable pain treatment tool

As interest widens in nonpharmacologic treatment options for pain, experts say there’s growing interest in the field of naturopathy, a...

Alternative pain therapies face hurdles

As the workers compensation industry steps away from opioid prescribing for pain management, it is counting on alternative therapies that...
medical marijuana

Walmart disregarded medical pot laws for injured worker: Judge

A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday denied in part a summary judgment motion filed by Walmart over its firing...
Topical creams

Study finds topical pain creams ineffective

The use of topical and compound pain creams has increased “dramatically,” yet the medication’s effectiveness was not proven in a...
NFL suit

Court dismisses lawsuit claiming NFL put injured players on field

A federal appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by 12 football players and the estate of one who...
California medical provider

California gives medical providers free access to comp guidelines

The California Division of WorkersÂ’ Compensation on Tuesday said medical providers who treat injured California workers can have free online...
Formulary

Formulary wave challenges comp payers

Workers compensation payers welcome the expanding trend of states adopting prescription drug formularies for their comp systems, but are challenged...

Compound medication prescribing hinders cost control efforts

Although prescription drug formularies have been an industry mainstay at the payer level for years, state-adopted formularies can help with...
John Kapoor

Insys founder, former execs face opioid kickback scheme trial

(Reuters) — The one-time billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc. and four other former executives and managers of the opioid...

Bills would require payers to cover medical cannabis

Both the Senate and House of Representatives in Hawaii are now considering identical bills that would require workers compensation payers...

Indictments revealed in alleged comp medication scam

A California judge has unsealed indictments against eight people accused of operating an international conspiracy to defraud the California workers...

Study links worker characteristics with opioid dispensing in comp

Injured workers in the mining and construction industry and those who live in rural areas are more likely to receive...

7. Pain management, opioids top list of workers comp trends to watch

The conundrum of pain management and opioids is likely to continue into 2019, according to experts....

Bill would require comp payers to cover medical marijuana

A New Jersey lawmaker has filed a bill that would require workers compensation carriers to pay for medical marijuana....

California bars unusual list of drugs for pain management treatment

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s recent changes to the drug formulary specifically list several newly named drugs as prohibited...

California revamps some pain management portions of formulary

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is updating its formulary for injured workers to include more nonexempt opioids and other...

Topicals may work as opioid substitute

Patients who used topical creams to treat pain reduced their opioid use and other concurrent medications over time, but more...

Creams cut pain, but price is the rub

Topical creams are becoming part of the mix of pain treatment options as doctors look for alternatives to addictive opioids....

Natural medicine seen as viable pain treatment tool

As interest widens in nonpharmacologic treatment options for pain, experts say there’s growing interest in the field of naturopathy, a...

Alternative pain therapies face hurdles

As the workers compensation industry steps away from opioid prescribing for pain management, it is counting on alternative therapies that...