Summer Means Fun in the Sun!… and Greater Risk for Outdoor Workers Summer’s here, which means the mercury will be climbing. And while summer’s a time for vacations and family fun in the sun, it’s also an especially dangerous season for outdoor workers. High temperatures put workers at risk for heat-related illness, so taking the […]
Since 1980, the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA) has annually celebrated occupational therapy and the therapists who help improve the lives of their patients. Occupational therapy (OT) helps injured workers resume daily work activities using rehabilitation tasks and movements that approximate their job duties. Occupational therapists help injured workers regain the skills they need […]
Temps dropping? Snow flying? Keep your people safe, healthy and on the job all winter long… In 2014, ice, sleet and snow were responsible for more than 42,000 workplace incidents resulting in at least one day of lost work time, while the average lost work time for such injuries and illnesses was 9 days. New […]
One Aspect of the Opioid Crisis is a No-Brainer…  Participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 27, 2019 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Revised 04/05/2019 Despite the increased focus on opioid abuse, particularly here in Pennsylvania, one long-overlooked aspect of prescription drug therapy is that relatively few individuals taking prescription drugs […]
The effective monitoring and accurate reporting of key drug program metrics like drug spend, network utilization and third-party billing depends on numerous factors, but it begins with accurate bill coding. The ability of the payor – working cooperatively with their PBM – to determine when drugs have been inappropriately coded or charged during the billing […]
When it comes to pain management, you might find it surprising to learn that relatively few medication choices exist for the practitioner. For severe pain, the first class of drugs prescribed is usually opioid analgesics. But with the national opioid crisis, prescribers are increasingly searching for viable alternatives – which, by itself, is a good […]
Typically, the increased utilization of a brand drug – particularly an opioid – is cause for heightened awareness by workers’ compensation claims payors/adjusters. The brand opioids Belbuca® and Butrans® have been making a steady climb up the rankings on top opioid reports of late (with Butrans® cracking the top 10 among some of our customers’ […]
July 11, 2017 The FDA will begin requiring drug makers to provide and pay for training for clinicians prescribing immediate-release (IR) opioids – mirroring existing mandates for extended-release (ER) opioids. Noting that “America is simply awash in immediate release opioid products,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, announced new FDA initiatives targeting the opioid epidemic. At […]
Just three months after President Obama’s signing of the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act, which established multi-faceted strategies to address America’s opioid epidemic, on November 2, 2016, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law a bill package with a similar aim. Through various control mechanisms, the legislation focuses on limiting outpatient access to opioids and improving disposal […]
