Oregon Report 2020 – The Rates Keep Dropping and a Lot (February 2021)
On a biennial basis, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services publishes a ranking of the states with respect [...]
Emerging Issues
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02, 2021
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01, 2021
Substantial Federal Tax Savings Available to Physicians in Private Practice (January 2021)
Here is what needs to be done to take advantage of this tax savings.
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03, 2020
E-Prescribing Laws: How Does Your State Compare? (March 2020; Updated: July 2020)
Stirred by the opioid crisis, state legislatures began enacting E-prescribing laws which required prescriptions for certain medicines to be sent electronically to the pharmacy. The notion was that electronic transmission would cut down on fraudulent paper transactions.
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10, 2019
Do Treatment Guidelines and Formularies Work? (October 2019)
Formularies are a standard feature in health insurance and now are appearing in the workers compensation area.
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07, 2019
Workers’ Compensation – “And The Money Keeps Rolling In” – To Insurers – Take II (February 2021)
Updated information since our last post of July 2019 reveals that the “unprecedented level of underwriting success” has continued unabated.
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10, 2018
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 [...]
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09, 2018
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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03, 2018
Is A Myth Driving the Response to the Opioid Crisis? (March 2018)
Since 2013 the number of opioid prescriptions written by doctors has gone down dramatically (see Chart #1 at bottom [...]
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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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02, 2018
The Blame Game on Opioids and How to Find a Solution
The current opioid epidemic has “…claimed more lives than the HIV/AIDS crisis at its peak.” Time Magazine, November 13, 2017, p.15. Policy makers have taken notice of the epidemic and state legislatures have enacted various bills over the last year; President Trump declared the opioid epidemic to be a national public health emergency on October 26, 2017.