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Solutions to the American Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic Part III
Stuart Colburn, Esq., has done it again with his third installation on prescription drug abuse in America for the LexisNexis Communities on Workers Compensation. Part One explained “the problem”....
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NEWS on the Federal Employees Compensation Act and Prescription Drug Abuse
The Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) covers 2.7 million federal employees and postal workers and paid out $1.9 billion in wage-loss compensation, impairment and death benefits and $898...
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5 Ways a Pharmacy Benefit Manager can Control Prescription Costs
The cost of prescribed drugs, especially narcotic pain medications, is rising in the world of workers' compensation. This cost increase is due to the fact that a drug company is like any other...
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The fastest growing area of workers compensation fraud is narcotics abuse. The fake workers comp claim for the purpose of feeding a drug addiction, or for the purpose of obtaining narcotics for resale,...
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Industry Leaders Discuss Challenges at Broadspires First Pharmacy Summit
Medications and drugs continue to play an increasingly important role in the overall of medical costs in workers compensation claims. In addition to the increases in costs, the potential claim risks...
View ArticleNew Opioids Being Developed to Decrease Abuse, Save Work Comp Costs
Prescription Drugs Major Expense in Insurance Claims Recent trends in auditing the expenses within insurance claims point to prescription medication as being one of the major expenses involved in...
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