First Script saw continued decreasing opioid trends across our retail and mail-order programs in 2019, even while overall prescription trends saw a slight upward shift in utilization per claim and cost per claim. Even with these changes, opioids remain the #1 therapeutic class by usage and cost, however, 2019 marked the largest reduction of the last 5 years in the percentage of opioid scripts with greater than or equal to 90 MED. View the video blog here.
This article is authored by guest blogger, Mike McKinley, director of product development at Coventry, a part of Mitchell | Genex | Coventry.
There’s a heightened awareness in our industry on how psychosocial factors impact an injured employee’s recovery.
There’s a heightened awareness in our industry on how psychosocial factors impact an injured employee’s recovery.
How peak recovery mindset can make the difference in return-to-work outcomes No one is without misfo
More than a dozen states have laws that make mental injuries compensable under certain conditions, and the workers' compensation industry is
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