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topical

Cost disparities complicate efforts to exempt topical analgesics from UR

Some members of the committee advising the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on its prescription drug formulary would like to...
opioid

Nevada to join $26B opioid settlement with drug distributors, J&J

Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug...
Purdue Pharma

Purdue Pharma seeks to appeal opioid settlement ruling

Purdue Pharma is seeking to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a judge's decision to unravel its...
opioid

House passes federal opioid bill

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would provide incentives for states...
opioid

McKesson, drug distributors face $95B opioid trial in Washington

Washington state's attorney general on Monday argued that three large drug distributors' excessive shipments of pain pills helped create the...
injured

Hartford partners with Yale to help treat injured workers

The Hartford Financial Services Inc. on Friday announced a new partnership with the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine to develop...
Reema Hammoud

Perspectives: Opioid tapering attracting more attention

Opioids have become part of the national conversation and have had their place in workers compensation treatment for more than...
opioids

Pharmacy chain operator Giant Eagle settles opioid suits

Regional pharmacy chain operator Giant Eagle Inc. on Friday said it had agreed to settle lawsuits accusing it of fueling...
Regulation

Calif. judge questions counties’ opioid case against drugmakers

A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a...
medical marijuana

States still mixed on medical pot reimbursement

A report zeroing in on medical marijuana’s status in the workers compensation arena show that although the majority of the...
Purdue Pharma

Bankruptcy judge OKs Purdue Pharma’s $7M exec bonus plan

Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of the OxyContin painkiller, on Monday obtained court approval to pay up to $7.1 million...
topical

Use of unproven topical pain relief gains more traction in comp: Study

Costs for pain-relieving creams for injured workers rose 10% from 2015 to 2019, despite the lack of approval from the...
gavel

High court reverses man’s access to long-term opioid prescription

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a man who injured his ankle at work and has been on opioids...
drugs

Growing use of off-label neurological drugs for pain: Study

Ninety-nine percent of injured workers who were prescribed a common epilepsy drug did not have a documented diagnosis for one...
opioid

Study links opioid tapering to worsened pain, depression

Opioid prescription reduction is linked to worsened pain and depressed mood, according to a study released Tuesday by the University...
opioids

Policies reduced opioid prescriptions in comp: WCRI

State prescription drug monitoring programs reduced the amount of opioids prescribed by 12% in the first year of implementation, according...
psychedelic

Broker offering psychedelic medicinal cover

Rahn & Associates Inc. is offering insurance coverages for the psychedelic medicinal industry....
COVID

Comp predicts more spending in treating ‘long COVID’

Matrix Healthcare Services Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager, says a “number of early indicators are pointing to a potential rise”...
pot

Injured worker’s marijuana referral not reimbursable

An injured worker failed to convince an appellate court on Wednesday that his workers compensation insurer was obligated to pay...
opioids

Penn. bill would require safety committees educate on opioids

Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously passed legislation that would require workplace safety committees to provide substance abuse resources....
topical

Cost disparities complicate efforts to exempt topical analgesics from UR

Some members of the committee advising the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on its prescription drug formulary would like to...
opioid

Nevada to join $26B opioid settlement with drug distributors, J&J

Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug...
Purdue Pharma

Purdue Pharma seeks to appeal opioid settlement ruling

Purdue Pharma is seeking to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a judge's decision to unravel its...
opioid

House passes federal opioid bill

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would provide incentives for states...
opioid

McKesson, drug distributors face $95B opioid trial in Washington

Washington state's attorney general on Monday argued that three large drug distributors' excessive shipments of pain pills helped create the...
injured

Hartford partners with Yale to help treat injured workers

The Hartford Financial Services Inc. on Friday announced a new partnership with the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine to develop...
Reema Hammoud

Perspectives: Opioid tapering attracting more attention

Opioids have become part of the national conversation and have had their place in workers compensation treatment for more than...
opioids

Pharmacy chain operator Giant Eagle settles opioid suits

Regional pharmacy chain operator Giant Eagle Inc. on Friday said it had agreed to settle lawsuits accusing it of fueling...
Regulation

Calif. judge questions counties’ opioid case against drugmakers

A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a...
medical marijuana

States still mixed on medical pot reimbursement

A report zeroing in on medical marijuana’s status in the workers compensation arena show that although the majority of the...
Purdue Pharma

Bankruptcy judge OKs Purdue Pharma’s $7M exec bonus plan

Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of the OxyContin painkiller, on Monday obtained court approval to pay up to $7.1 million...
topical

Use of unproven topical pain relief gains more traction in comp: Study

Costs for pain-relieving creams for injured workers rose 10% from 2015 to 2019, despite the lack of approval from the...
gavel

High court reverses man’s access to long-term opioid prescription

The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a man who injured his ankle at work and has been on opioids...
drugs

Growing use of off-label neurological drugs for pain: Study

Ninety-nine percent of injured workers who were prescribed a common epilepsy drug did not have a documented diagnosis for one...
opioid

Study links opioid tapering to worsened pain, depression

Opioid prescription reduction is linked to worsened pain and depressed mood, according to a study released Tuesday by the University...
opioids

Policies reduced opioid prescriptions in comp: WCRI

State prescription drug monitoring programs reduced the amount of opioids prescribed by 12% in the first year of implementation, according...
psychedelic

Broker offering psychedelic medicinal cover

Rahn & Associates Inc. is offering insurance coverages for the psychedelic medicinal industry....
COVID

Comp predicts more spending in treating ‘long COVID’

Matrix Healthcare Services Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager, says a “number of early indicators are pointing to a potential rise”...
pot

Injured worker’s marijuana referral not reimbursable

An injured worker failed to convince an appellate court on Wednesday that his workers compensation insurer was obligated to pay...
opioids

Penn. bill would require safety committees educate on opioids

Pennsylvania lawmakers unanimously passed legislation that would require workplace safety committees to provide substance abuse resources....