Big Brother Is Watching; How About Big Insurers or Big Pharma?
The emergence of electronic prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in every state over the last 20 years has provided physicians, [...]
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09, 2018
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02, 2018
Who Should Decide?
INTRODUCTION The current wave of legislative activity in the workers’ compensation world is the introduction of legislation creating formularies. [...]
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09, 2017
A PRIMER ON FORMULARIES ‒ THOSE HERE AND THOSE COMING (September 2017)
A PRIMER ON FORMULARIES ‒ THOSE HERE AND THOSE COMING WHAT’S NEXT? The next wave of legislative activity in the [...]
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05, 2017
Workers’ Compensation – “And The Money Keeps Rolling In” − To Insurers
2017 NCCI Report Last year, PRI highlighted reports of the National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as to the profit [...]
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03, 2017
Opioid/Heroin/Fentanyl (Updated Fall 2017).
Over the last few years there has been steadily increasing concern over the abuse of legal opioids such as Oxycodone [...]
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11, 2016
The New Drug Strength Loophole (updated November 17, 2016)
In April of 2016, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a study entitled Physician Dispensing of Higher-Priced Drug Strengths [...]
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10, 2016
Oregon Report 2016 / One Thing It Tells Us (October 27, 2016)
On a biennial basis, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services produces a workers' compensation premium rate summary of [...]
Dysfunction in the Land of Lincoln
11 articles
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01, 2018
“Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Award” for Fake News / Alternative Facts (January 2018)
The current President has popularized the term “fake news.” He has been accused by his opponents for relying on “alternative [...]
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07, 2017
Heavyweight Fight Between Governor Rauner and Speaker Madigan: And The Winner is Standard and Poor’s (July 18, 2017)
As the 2017 Illinois legislature sputters to a close, the Democrats, with some Republican help, passed a state budget heavy [...]
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06, 2017
WHEN YOU THINK IT CAN’T GET WORSE……..…THINK AGAIN!!! (June 12, 2017)
On June 1st, Standards and Poor downgraded Illinois debt with the Wall Street Journal headline reading "S&P Downgrade Brings Illinois [...]
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01, 2017
The Grand Bargain (January 30, 2017)
In the latest iteration of a "grand bargain," Senate President John Cullerton and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno have cobbled [...]
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12, 2016
This is Déjà Vu All Over Again (December 7, 2016)
The phrase "Déjà Vu all over again" is attributed to Hall of Fame baseball catcher Yogi Berra who is well [...]
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10, 2016
Should Illinois Become Indiana? (October 25, 2016)
One of the most notable musical productions from the 1950’s was "The Music Man" in which Robert Preston sold musical [...]
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09, 2016
Lying Is OK If You Don’t Get Caught, Right? (September 1, 2016)
In the legislative debates which occurred over the last number of years in the various state capitals, one prominent voice [...]
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08, 2016
Big Indian Off the Reservation in the Dog Days of Summer (August 15, 2016)
We are in the "Dog Days of Summer" which is a reference from Roman times when it was believed that [...]
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08, 2016
Governor Rauner’s Support Unraveling (August 1, 2016)
Republican Governor Rauner's insistence that non-budget items be part of a budget deal with the Democrat controlled legislature was a [...]
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06, 2016
Press Conference or Progress (June 1, 2016)
Illinois now has the dubious distinction of having failed to pass the state budget, in a timely manner, for the [...]
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06, 2016
Illinois Workers’ Compensation “Reform” (May 2016)
While the motivation for Bob Walberg’s April 29 article — to make Illinois more attractive to businesses — is commendable, [...]