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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, […]
OxyContin’s Impact on the Workers’ Compensation Landscape: A Tale of Profit Over People
OxyContin’s Impact on the Workers’ Compensation Landscape: A Tale of Profit Over People

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- OxyContin, developed by Purdue Pharma, emerged as a powerful opioid painkiller with a profound influence on the workers' compensation system. Initially seen as a revolutionary approach to pain management, this drug […]
From OxyContin to the Supreme Court: The History of Purdue Pharma 
From OxyContin to the Supreme Court: The History of Purdue Pharma 

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The story of Purdue Pharma is deeply intertwined with the workers' compensation community, where its flagship product, OxyContin, has had far-reaching consequences. OxyContin, introduced in the late 1990s, promised revolutionary pain […]
Documentation Doesn’t Support Laborer’s Request for Opioids
Documentation Doesn’t Support Laborer’s Request for Opioids

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether medication is necessary is a medical decision, but for workers' compensation purposes, it is also a legal question, often with a court having the final say. For example, in Becca […]