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.
Delayed recovery is a challenge coming to the forefront of workers' comp.
Fifty years ago all that you needed to fix a dented vehicle was a hammer and dolly. Flash-forward to today.
When it comes to challenges in workers’ compensation pharmacy, the industry trends are surprisingly similar year after year.
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise. Deaths in 2017, the latest year data is available, reached 70,237, a significant increase over 2016.
Workers’ comp professionals are seeing delayed recovery as an increased challenge in claims – as injured employees may not be progressing along a m