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July WCAC Meeting Sees Continuation of Broadspire Controversy, No Vote Taken

31 Jul, 2018 WorkersCompensation.com

The July meeting of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC) was held yesterday in Baton Rouge. Despite the lack of a quorum, the Council further addressed the Broadspire/Insight Labs pharmacogenetic testing controversy and shared the […]

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