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.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was designed to help small businesses keep their employees during the crisis caused by COVID-19.
The stress of the coronavirus pandemic may cause mental health-related workers compensation claims to rise, particularly among health care wo
The economic impacts associated with COVID-19 have been far-reaching and headline-grabbing: “Record levels of unemployment”, “Shuttered businesses”
The independent medical exam is a valuable tool to move claims forward.