The Art and Science of Getting Off Opioids June 5, 2017 By Dr. Laura B. Gardner, vice president, Products, CLARA analytics Every day, 91 Americans die from opioid overdoses according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Overdoses from...
IAIABC National Workers’ Comp Talks Highlight Stakeholder Unity in Addressing System Issues May 30, 2017 By Denise Johnson Over the past couple of years, workers’ compensation has received what some would call unfair criticism over its alleged focus...
Hospitals Rethink Use of Opioids May 3, 2017 By LAURAN NEERGAARD A car crash shattered Stuart Anders’ thigh, leaving pieces of bone sticking through his skin. Yet Anders begged emergency room...
Workers’ Comp Programs Assist Workers in Addiction Fight April 12, 2017 By Bob salsberg Meet a victim of the nation’s opioid addiction scourge: the American worker. A number of U.S. states are taking steps...
10 Ways Substance Misuse Affects Workplaces March 28, 2017 More than 70 percent of U.S. employers are feeling the direct impact of prescription drug misuse in their workplaces, according...
Georgia Experts Concerned About Loopholes in Prescription Drug Bill March 23, 2017 By EZRA KAPLAN Georgia lawmakers have reached a compromise on a bill that would require doctors to log into a pill-tracking database before...
Massachusetts Pill Mill Doctor Pleads Guilty to Overprescribing Opioids March 17, 2017 By DENISE LAVOIE At Dr. Fathalla Mashali’s pain management clinics, the waiting rooms were often so packed with patients that people sat on...
Researchers Point to Improved Pain Scores While Reducing Opioids January 18, 2017 A study of more than 100,000 surgical cases at University of Virginia Health System found patients’ pain scores improved even...
Focus on Opioids May be Curbing Prescriptions December 30, 2016 By RICH LORD, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania’s avalanche of opioids that rolled from factories through pharmacies to medicine cabinets, and then tumbled into the streets with...
Survey Finds Workers’ Comp Drug Spend is Down November 2, 2016 A new survey shows an 8.7 percent reduction in worker’s compensation payers’ drug spend, according to CompPharma’s 13th Annual Survey...