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DWC Proposes Rule Change to Close Compounding Loophole
06/19/2017
The Texas Division of Workers Compensation took a step Friday toward closing a loophole in its drug formulary proposing a rule that would require preauthorization for all prescription drugs created through compounding.
Under current rules preauthorization is not required for compound drugs
Category: News
Overall Compound Drug Spending, Costs Per Prescription Soar
05/23/2017
prescribed to injured workers with no documented medical condition or medical history that justifies the prescription of an unproven and experimental compound of drugs he said. Yet payers are billed extraordinarily high fees for these spurious products.
Donna Barsky pharmacist and owner of Texas Star
Category: News
CompPharma Report Details Perils of Compound Drugs
05/23/2017
may be appropriate for some patients at other times profit appears to be the motive for compound prescribing.
According to the report the opioid tramadol is frequently included in topical compounds. But tramadol must be processed by the liver to be converted to an active drug a step that is
Category: News
Potential Ban on Compounds Among 11 Bills to Be Heard Monday
04/07/2017
A bill that would allow the Texas workers compensation commissioner to exclude compounded medications from the states drug formulary is among 11 work comp-related measures to be heard by a committee of the House of Representatives on Monday.
Rep. Rene Oliveira
House Bill 2830 by Rep
Category: News
Pew: Proposed Formulary Distinctly California
03/21/2017
California is going its own way in implementing a workers' compensation drug formulary a review of draft rules released by the Division of Workers' Compensation on Friday shows.
While Texas set a strict two-year deadline for transitioning patients from non-preferred drugs to preferred drugs
Category: News
PBMs Say Formulary Is a Go, but Board Says No Decision Yet
02/03/2017
away all week.
PBM managers said New York should avoid some of the pitfalls encountered by Texas when it created a formulary and instead look to Tennessee which instituted one last Aug. 28.
Texas opened its formulary in September 2011 with a requirement that compounds that contain a single N
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Formulary Adoption May Be Getting Easier, But Remains a Tough Task
01/20/2017
went to dispute resolution in Texas in 2015 involved medication. Texas implemented a drug formulary in 2011.
Californias Department of Industrial Relations has said that formal rule-making for the formulary will begin this month. Implementation is scheduled for July 1.
Workers comp prescription
Category: News
Another State Eyes Creation of Drug Formulary
12/23/2016
efficiency would be beneficial. If that also results in cost savings its an added bonus.
WCRI in 2014 studied the effectiveness of Texas closed formulary and then examined what effect it would have if adopted by 23 study states including Florida.
It concluded that Florida would save 19 in
Category: News
Pressure Grows for DWC to Close Compound Loophole
12/05/2016
Official Disability Guidelines.
The Texas workers compensation drug formulary classifies drugs as Y or N; the Y drugs dont require preauthorization while N drugs do. The loophole for compounds arises because preauthorization is required only if the medication includes an N drug.
The
Category: News
Work Comp's Compound Conundrum
11/09/2016
of all compound bills that were submitted in 2014. The 11614 bills submitted by the top 10 compound prescribers compares to 12423 bills submitted by the remaining 986 providers who also prescribed compounds that year.
Under the Texas formulary rules so-called Y drugs can be prescribed without
Category: News
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