Pain Management

Officials tasked with overseeing the workers compensation program for federal workers say they have created an effective pharmacy benefits management...
A U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General audit of its Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs found that the...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 38th in the U.S....
Two recent appeals court decisions in Pennsylvania have cleared the way for medical marijuana reimbursements for injured workers who qualify...
Some types of non-opioid anti-Inflammatory and anticonvulsant medications prescribed to injured workers have become “significant cost drivers” in workers comp,...
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission would be required to establish a new medical fee schedule and implement a closed drug...
Injured workers in states where medical marijuana is legal face obstacles when seeking reimbursement for the drug, despite legislation aimed...
California is suing the United States’ leading insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of using their market power...
Opioid prescribing in workers compensation nosedived to an all-time low last year, a new report finds, but experts say there...

         

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in November released revised guidelines for opioid prescribing with new recommendations for...
Finding effective, safe therapies to treat pain and help injured workers return to work remains a major concern for the...
A study on chronic lower back pain among veterans who have been taking opioids long term found that targeted management...
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of...
CVS Health Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands...
Opioid prescribing in workers compensation nosedived to an all-time low last year, a new report finds, but experts say the...
The number of injured workers using topical medications rose 4.7% in 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by Enlyte...
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation this month published a notice in the Florida Administrative Register announcing plans to review...
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc.’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report...
Officials tasked with overseeing the workers compensation program for federal workers say they have created an effective pharmacy benefits management...
A U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General audit of its Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs found that the...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana, making the state the 38th in the U.S....
Two recent appeals court decisions in Pennsylvania have cleared the way for medical marijuana reimbursements for injured workers who qualify...
Some types of non-opioid anti-Inflammatory and anticonvulsant medications prescribed to injured workers have become “significant cost drivers” in workers comp,...
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission would be required to establish a new medical fee schedule and implement a closed drug...
Injured workers in states where medical marijuana is legal face obstacles when seeking reimbursement for the drug, despite legislation aimed...
California is suing the United States’ leading insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of using their market power...
Opioid prescribing in workers compensation nosedived to an all-time low last year, a new report finds, but experts say there...

         

...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in November released revised guidelines for opioid prescribing with new recommendations for...
Finding effective, safe therapies to treat pain and help injured workers return to work remains a major concern for the...
A study on chronic lower back pain among veterans who have been taking opioids long term found that targeted management...
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of...
CVS Health Corp., Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walmart Inc. have agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands...
Opioid prescribing in workers compensation nosedived to an all-time low last year, a new report finds, but experts say the...
The number of injured workers using topical medications rose 4.7% in 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by Enlyte...
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation this month published a notice in the Florida Administrative Register announcing plans to review...
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc.’s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report...