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Occ Doc Sees Progress on Opioids, Says Fight Will Continue

06/20/2017
of painkiller prescriptions per 100 people. Medicinal marijuana is not allowed in those states. Kownacki also said an observational study in Colorado also found a reduction in opioid prescriptions after voters in that state legalized recreational marijuana. The federal prohibition on

Category: News

Lawmakers to Try Again With Fixes to Comp, Second Injury Fund

01/18/2019
would affect everything from the use of medical marijuana to funding for the Self Insurance Guaranty Fund. Thursday was the filing deadline for the 2019 legislative session but the big bills that stakeholders have been waiting for will likely come through the Joint Committee on Appropriations and

Category: News

Governor Approves Chiropractor Services for Comp; Fee Schedule Bars Marijuana

05/21/2020
of the state's workers' comp fee schedule. Also this week the Legislature gave final approval to a revamping of the fee schedule the first in eight years. The new schedule adopted by the comp commission after a months-long study by FAIR Health consulting firm increases some fees and conversion

Category: News

Division Expands Rules Covering Opioids

02/07/2012
threshold the same level a study linked to a decrease in both overall prescriptions and opioid-related deaths in Washington state. The Washington Agency Medical Director's Group launched a web-based pilot project in April 2007 listing the 120 mg dosage as a "yellow-flag" and recommending providers obtain a

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ArnoldCharles

08/01/2015
this matter to provide an opportunity to 11 further study the legal and factual issues raised by the petition for reconsideration. Having completed our 12 review we now issue our Decision After Reconsideration. 13 The Uninsured Employers Benefits Trust Fund UEBTF filed a Petition for

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Studies Spotlight Challenges of Treating Low Back Pain

09/08/2016
Corp. based in Redwood City California. And in yet another study in this months edition of Spine patients with chronic low back pain had greater odds of using marijuana cocaine heroin and methamphetamine. The studies illustrate the difficulties of treating back pain the leading cause of

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American Interstate Ins. Co. v. Hinson

12/18/2020
result of 2700 who on observation appeared unimpaired. Dr. Kurt pointed out that this anecdotal report was not a peer reviewed study or widely accepted in the field of toxicology. Dr. Kurt testified that although one could measure the active chemical produced by marijuana in the blood there were

Category: Cases

Vansteenwyk v. Baumgartner Trees and Landscaping

12/18/2020
admitted regular marijuana user had smoked marijuana the evening before the day of his workplace injury. Baumgartner and its insurer Farmers Insurance Group collectively referred to as Baumgartner opposed the granting of benefits and argued that VanSteenwyk's off-duty illegal drug use constituted

Category: Cases

Drug-Testing Company Finds Abnormalities in One-Third of Samples

12/19/2014
Ameritox a national urine drug-testing service found that about a third of the 400000 samples it included in a study this year either did not contain the drug prescribed by the patient's doctor or tested positive for a medication the physician didn't prescribe. image via Ameritox

Category: News

ICA Soliciting Legislative Proposals for 2016

11/11/2015
legislative session that begins Jan. 11. Gov. Doug Ducey this year signed a bill creating a post-traumatic stress disorder study group and a measure explicitly stating work comp carriers and self-insured employers can't be forced to buy medical marijuana for injured workers. The governor also signed a

Category: News

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