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Vermont Department of Labor Proposes Rule Incorporating Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
August 29, 2018
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News Release
New York Announces Full Formulary Implementation Date
The implementation date for all medications, including renewal and refill prescriptions, will be June 7, 2021.
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Genex Case Management Operations Moving Forward in Texas
Process in place to keep services in place during massive power outage WAYNE, PA – Fe
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Article
Look for a Broken Spirit, Not Just a Broken Bone
When someone gets hurt on the job, the workers’ compensation system is often adept at zeroing in on an injury and delivering timely care. But that well-intentioned focus on a patient’s physical bruises can make it easy to miss the mental ones, which might be harder to spot. Today, a comprehensive approach that identifies and meets an injured employee’s needs is more important than ever because the coronavirus pandemic is blanketing everyday life with added stresses that threaten to imperil an employee's recovery.
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Adapting to life in quarantine
Video options seem to be cropping up everywhere. More people are turning to video chat to stay in touch and provide some of the social interaction that many are missing. Zoom emerged as a de facto choice, booming from 10 million meeting participants a day in December 2019, to more than 300 million the following April, when everything ground to a halt from COVID-19.
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Article
A Team Approach to Building a Better Return-to-Work Program
Employers who develop a highly structured return-to-work program have seen significant reductions in the number of lost time days due to workplace injury. In developing and implementing these programs, case managers play a highly important role in ensuring their success. In today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, Judy Meyer, MBA, RN, CCM, AIC, utilization manager for Genex Services, explains how her program works.
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Ask the Pharmacist: Are Skeletal Muscle Relaxants Useful in Management of Chronic Pain?
Concern about mounting opioid overdoses continued in 2020, and found the workers’ compensation and auto casualty industries in search of ways to mi