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| Source: NY Times
"Rules in some states that govern workers’ compensation insurance allow doctors to charge many times what pharmacies charge for some drugs when dispensed in their offices."
Nov 18, 2011
Prescription drugs have become an increasingly important issue in workers' compensation law. Their use in workers' compensation claims has resulted in both a major direct financial cost to the system, and has had ...
As state workers' compensation reformers continue to be sidetracked with alleged prescription drug pain-killer abuse, the US Congress has entered the fray with proposed Federal legislation. It has been reported today by ...
May 04, 2012
To use the prescription drug abuse issue to attack workers' compensation generally is merely sidetracking the real problem with the medical delivery system which is the global denial of compensability of workers' ...
Mar 30, 2011
Many states, including Wisconsin, hold that if an injury results from intoxication (by alcohol or drugs) benefits are not denied, but reduced (usually by 15%) as an employee safety violation, but intoxication is not evidence of a ...
Sep 14, 2011
The Top 10 Drugs Prescribed For Workers Compensation Claims. A recent study by NCCI Holdings, Inc. reports the top 10 most popular drugs prescribed for workers' compensation claims. OXYCONTIN®; LIDODERM ...
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