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The Ongoing Opioid Crisis: Impacts on the Workers’ Compensation Industry 
The Ongoing Opioid Crisis: Impacts on the Workers’ Compensation Industry 

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The opioid crisis, a pressing issue in the United States for many years, has reached a critical point, affecting countless lives and various industries. Among those hit hardest are workers in […]
The Value of Life: Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Purdue Pharma Opioid Crisis 
The Value of Life: Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and the Purdue Pharma Opioid Crisis 

Stamford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The value of human life, a responsibility that transcends individual actions, has been debated throughout history. This debate often emerges after tragedies that demand societal reflection and reform. Two such events, […]
SCOTUS Knocks Down Bankruptcy Plan that Kept Sacklers from Being Sued for OxyContin Deaths
SCOTUS Knocks Down Bankruptcy Plan that Kept Sacklers from Being Sued for OxyContin Deaths

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For more than two decades the opioid crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, among them some 247,000 died from prescription-opioid overdoses. The names Sackler and Purdue […]
An Aging Workforce, Workers’ Compensation & Opioids: Trends & Tactics  
An Aging Workforce, Workers’ Compensation & Opioids: Trends & Tactics  

Shawn Deane  General Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com     The demographics of our workforce are shifting, with the number of older workers expected to rise over the next decade. It is […]
Injured Workers More Likely to Die from Opioid Overdoses, Study Finds
Injured Workers More Likely to Die from Opioid Overdoses, Study Finds

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new study from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has found that Massachusetts residents were 35 percent more likely to die of an opioid-related overdoses if they had been injured […]
Who Should Receive Urine Drug Testing and How Often?
Who Should Receive Urine Drug Testing and How Often?

By: Christina Klemm, Pharm.D., BCACP, Clinical Pharmacist, Enlyte Pharmacy Solutions Urine drug testing (UDT) plays an important role in workers’ compensation, serving as an essential tool for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to ensure safe and […]
Genetic Testing and Risk Assessments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Genetic Testing and Risk Assessments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

By: Spencer Sherman, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Enlyte Pharmacy Solutions On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first test (AvertD) that uses DNA in assessing whether certain individuals may have an elevated […]
Emerging Opioid Overdose Reversal Medications
Emerging Opioid Overdose Reversal Medications

Author: Spencer Sherman, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Enlyte Opioids continue to represent a decreasing portion of overall workers’ compensation prescriptions, with favorable trends being seen in markers such as dose and duration of use. Despite declines, […]