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Fall 2014

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Medications

Tighter Opioid Controls

Dr. Michael Nguyen, Winter 2013

A Look Inside an Opiod Drug Treatment Case

Safety National, Winter 2013

Opioid Therapy: Effective Case Planning Without appropriate interventions, patients using opioids see an increase in strength dose within 1 year. When pain is placed in the appropriate category of either acute, subacute, or chronic then intervention can be appropriately strategized. If a patient has been under opioid therapy, then appropriate discontinuation procedures should be followed.

Without appropriate interventions, patients using opioids see an increase in strength dose within 1 year. When pain is placed in the appropriate category of either acute, subacute, or chronic then intervention can be appropriately strategized. If a patient has been under opioid therapy, then appropriate discontinuation procedures should be followed.

Healthesystems - RxInformer, Fall 2013

Psychological Interventions (public domain)

Stephen Bruehl, PhD

Investigation: Insurance billed $18.000 for unwanted pain meds

CBS News, February 2015

Trends

2013 First Script Drug Trends Analysis Using generic prescriptions can decrease cost of medications. Classifications of medications, trends of narcotics use, and recommendations for pain management explained.

Coventry Workers' Comp Services, 2013

Drug Testing Utilization and Cost Trends in CA Workers' Compensation

Due to the increase rate of addiction/overdose medications with worker’s compensation patients, there has been a generalized investigation on the prolonged use of opioid pain medications impedes or facilitates recovery. After 60 day use, the effects of opioid medications start to plateau. Some states have banned physicians from dispensing medications in their in order to a tracking system of medications that are provided to the injured employees.

Alex Swedlow & Bob Young - CA Workers' Compensation Institute, May 2012

How Texas Mutual is successfully addressing opioids Texas Mutual has had a successful measure of control in the overuse of opioids in workers’ comp by regulating the environment with clinical guidelines and UR rules. After monitoring trends, it was noted there was a higher tendency of use of prescription pain medications the longer a claim remained open. It is a team effort to address appropriate prescription drug use.

Texas Mutual has had a successful measure of control in the overuse of opioids in workers’ comp by regulating the environment with clinical guidelines and UR rules. After monitoring trends, it was noted there was a higher tendency of use of prescription pain medications the longer a claim remained open. It is a team effort to address appropriate prescription drug use.

Joseph Paduda with Health Strategy Associates, January 29, 2014

Opioid Catastrophe: The Data Leads to Doctors The Center for Disease Control has noted drug overdoses involving prescribed medications cause more deaths than traffic accidents. Most of these deaths involving people between the ages of 20 and 60 – population at risk is identified.

The Center for Disease Control has noted drug overdoses involving prescribed medications cause more deaths than traffic accidents. Most of these deaths involving people between the ages of 20 and 60 – population at risk is identified.

Lynch Ryan - Workers' Comp Insider, March 4, 2013

Medical Marijuana: A Primer for Workers' Compensation

Healthesystems - RxInformer, Spring 2014

Urine Drug Testing No Fairy Tale

Dr. Melissa Bean, Medical Director Coventry - WorkCompWire, November 11, 2014

Urine Drug Testing, Part 2: Turning Information into Action

Dr. Melissa Bean, Medical Director Coventry - WorkCompWire, November 11, 2014

Is There Really a Need to Address Future Challenges Facing the WC Industry?

Kevin Kilroy - WorkCompWire, July 8, 2014

Claims Management

Creeping Catastrophic Claims - How to Spot Them and Stop Them Return to work programs are crucial in controlling claim costs, and prevent claims from developing into catastrophic claims ; unfortunately employers are not also equipped with provided modified duty work. Other categories that prevent claims from becoming catastrophic include appropriate medical treatment, psycho-social factors, co-morbidities, and use of opioid prescriptions.

Return to work programs are crucial in controlling claim costs, and prevent claims from developing into catastrophic claims ; unfortunately employers are not also equipped with provided modified duty work. Other categories that prevent claims from becoming catastrophic include appropriate medical treatment, psycho-social factors, co-morbidities, and use of opioid prescriptions.

Mark Walls, VP of claims for Safety National Casualty Corp. - Business Insurance, 2012

Services for the Effective Control and Utilization of Rx through Evidence-based Criteria