Pain Management
The Florida Division of Workers Compensation this month published a notice in the Florida Administrative Register announcing plans to review physician dispensing rules.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and AbbVie Inc.s Allergan unit on Tuesday reached a $58 million settlement with the city of San Francisco just before completion of a trial over claims that they fueled an opioid epidemic in the city.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday he was investigating whether Walmart improperly filled prescriptions and failed to report suspicious orders when selling opioid drugs.
The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a determination that an injured workers prescribed narcotic pain medications were no longer compensable.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave two doctors found guilty of misusing their licenses in the midst of the U.S. opioid epidemic to write thousands of prescriptions for addictive pain medications another chance to challenge their convictions.
Payments for dermatological agents continue to increase while payments for opioids continue to decline, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The average medical cost-per-claim for injured workers with lower back pain who were treated exclusively by a chiropractor was 61% less than for those who received no chiropractic treatment, according to a new report.
A group of Florida workers compensation insurers is challenging the legitimacy of a state policy they claim improperly requires them to authorize physicians and other providers to dispense medications to injured workers.
Purdue Pharma is seeking to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals a judge's decision to unravel its restructuring plan that would have insulated its owners from liability in civil opioid-related cases, according to a court filing late on Thursday.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would provide incentives for states to create or enhance their drug monitoring programs.
Ninety-nine percent of injured workers who were prescribed a common epilepsy drug did not have a documented diagnosis for one of the approved conditions per the Food and Drug Administration, according to a study released Tuesday linking the use of such drugs as an alternative to opioids in workers compensation.
Opioid prescription reduction is linked to worsened pain and depressed mood, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of California Davis School of Medicine and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a "dearth of evidence" during a multi-billion dollar trial to support finding the companies' pain pill marketing caused the health crisis.
A report zeroing in on medical marijuanas status in the workers compensation arena show that although the majority of the country has laws that allow for medical use of cannabis 36 states to date its a mixed bag on whether a payer must reimburse for the drug.
Purdue Pharma, the bankrupt maker of the OxyContin painkiller, on Monday obtained court approval to pay up to $7.1 million in incentive payments for five top executives if they meet certain goals, despite opposition from U.S. government lawyers.
Costs for pain-relieving creams for injured workers rose 10% from 2015 to 2019, despite the lack of approval from the Food and Drug Administration for most of the compound drugs, and a dearth of guidelines on use and efficacy, according to a study released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a man who injured his ankle at work and has been on opioids to manage his pain for much of the time since then does not meet the legal parameters now in place to prevent long-term use of opioids, reversing earlier rulings that permitted him to continue his […]
Ninety-nine percent of injured workers who were prescribed a common epilepsy drug did not have a documented diagnosis for one of the approved conditions per the Food and Drug Administration, according to a study released Tuesday linking the use of such drugs as an alternative to opioids in workers compensation.
Opioid prescription reduction is linked to worsened pain and depressed mood, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of California Davis School of Medicine and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
State prescription drug monitoring programs reduced the amount of opioids prescribed by 12% in the first year of implementation, according to a study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
Rahn & Associates Inc. is offering insurance coverages for the psychedelic medicinal industry.
The Boca Raton, Florida-based broker has developed a program for businesses offering wellness and nutraceutical products that use psychoactive ingredients such as micro-dosing psilocybin.
Matrix Healthcare Services Inc., a pharmacy benefits manager, says a number of early indicators are pointing to a potential rise in virus drug spending in 2021 due to lingering COVID-19 symptoms.