Topical creams are becoming part of the mix of pain treatment options as doctors look for alternatives to addictive opioids.
Ask almost anyone what’s wrong with health care in the U.S. and you’re likely to hear about runaway costs. The other common refrain is that for all we spend as a country, the results, too often, are only lackluster. One hoped-for remedy to the nation’s health care ills is so-called value-based contracting. This involves paying a fixed amount for a procedure—and for the results—rather than paying for each CPT code or procedure performed. Value-based scenarios are drawing more interest in group health. But how this setup would unfold in workers’ compensation remains less clear due to the industry environment.
New image viewer improves time to open images related to medical bills.
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Specialty medications, which are typically used to treat patients with complex, chronic conditions, continue to be a major area of pharmaceutical development and can have significant costs.
In workers' compensation, catastrophic claims often require a significant number and various types of ancillary services, anything from a rehabilitation facility, DME, transportation, home health services and more.
Here are the top lessons workers' comp pros have learned about COVID-19, its impact on the workplace and on how to help employees get back to