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.
On December 28, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that for PIP claims, insurance carriers must apply the claimant's deductible directly against
In 2018, the top 10 therapeutic classes accounted for 77.1% of all scripts and 81.0% of all costs.
Alternative therapies are mentioned often by participants in the workers compensation sector trying to manage injured workers' pain while shi
When employees injure themselves at work, a potentially lethal risk may ensue — they may be prescribed and become addicted to an opioid painkille
When employees injure themselves at work, a potentially lethal risk may ensue; they may be prescribed and become addicted to an opioid painkiller.
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