We haven’t reached mid-year 2019, and the United States has already experienced several severe weather events, including a polar vortex and many hail storms in the Midwest, massive flooding in the Northern Plains, and heavy El Niño rains in California.
When it comes to challenges in workers’ compensation pharmacy, the industry trends are surprisingly similar year after year. Over the past few years, the issues of physician dispensing and opioid abuse have been in the national spotlight.
Learn how physician dispensing and opioid abuse are impacting workers' compensation and how states and the industry are working to combat these issues.
As opioid-related deaths continue to plague states across the country, more states are looking to limit prescribing of opioids for acute pain.
Workers’ comp professionals are seeing delayed recovery as an increased challenge in claims – as injured employees may not be progressing along a medically reasonable and expected time frame.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization. This regulatory update is for informational purposes only, and provides some key highlights on state initiatives that may impact the Medicare Set-Aside services Genex provides.
The AASCIF Annual Conference brings together state funds fr