Oregon Report 2018 – One “Big” Takeaway on Workers’ Compensation “Reforms” (October 2018)
On a biennial basis, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services publishes a ranking of the states with respect [...]
On a biennial basis, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services publishes a ranking of the states with respect [...]
The emergence of electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in every state over the last 20 years has provided physicians, [...]
INTRODUCTION The current wave of legislative activity in the workers’ compensation world is the introduction of legislation creating formularies. [...]
A PRIMER ON FORMULARIES ‒ THOSE HERE AND THOSE COMING WHAT’S NEXT? The next wave of legislative activity in the [...]
2017 NCCI Report Last year, PRI highlighted reports of the National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as to the profit [...]
Over the last few years there has been steadily increasing concern over the abuse of legal opioids such as Oxycodone [...]
In April of 2016, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a study entitled Physician Dispensing of Higher-Priced Drug Strengths [...]
On a biennial basis, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services produces a workers' compensation premium rate summary of [...]
The current President has popularized the term “fake news.” He has been accused by his opponents for relying on “alternative [...]
As the 2017 Illinois legislature sputters to a close, the Democrats, with some Republican help, passed a state budget heavy [...]
On June 1st, Standards and Poor downgraded Illinois debt with the Wall Street Journal headline reading "S&P Downgrade Brings Illinois [...]
In the latest iteration of a "grand bargain," Senate President John Cullerton and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno have cobbled [...]
The phrase "Déjà Vu all over again" is attributed to Hall of Fame baseball catcher Yogi Berra who is well [...]
One of the most notable musical productions from the 1950’s was "The Music Man" in which Robert Preston sold musical [...]
In the legislative debates which occurred over the last number of years in the various state capitals, one prominent voice [...]
We are in the "Dog Days of Summer" which is a reference from Roman times when it was believed that [...]
Republican Governor Rauner's insistence that non-budget items be part of a budget deal with the Democrat controlled legislature was a [...]
Illinois now has the dubious distinction of having failed to pass the state budget, in a timely manner, for the [...]
While the motivation for Bob Walberg’s April 29 article — to make Illinois more attractive to businesses — is commendable, [...]