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 […]

Waynesville, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers’ policies often call for discipline when an employee violates an internal drug policy. It can complicate matters, however, when an employee files a workers’ compensation claim around the same time. […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Minnesota, treatment parameters are set up to keep costs low when an injured worker is under medical care. But as was the case in McKeever v. Cub Foods, No. WC22-6499 […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with its bankruptcy proceedings, a move President Joe Biden said would offer the Sackler family protections from opioid-related civil […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges in a historical case that they are calling, “the largest health care fraud schemes ever prosecuted by the Justice Department.” In a […]

By Christina Klemm, Pharm.D., BCACP, Clinical Pharmacist Recently the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product for treating opioid overdose. For the first time, medication to reverse […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a federal press release in August of last year, the increase in telehealth use during the pandemic was clearly associated with reduced risk of opioid overdose. Researchers found that […]