In its simplest form, the Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) is a pool of funding reserved for future accident-related treatment once a workers' compensation case is settled. However, because of its complex nature, some employers will go the MSA route when there are better options available, or they'll falsely believe a settlement agreement will cover these expenses and decide not to pursue.
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The Vermont Department of Health has adopted its permanent opioid prescribing rules. The rules are effective March 1, 2019.
Montana, Kentucky, New York and Nebraska are working on their new drug formulary rules.
Nineteen states are looking at bills related to medical marijuana, while eleven are considering recreational marijuana laws.
States continue to propose opioid prescribing limits and are looking at more ways to control the prescribing and use of opioids through physician education, patient education, safer packaging and unused medication return options.