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Helios Study Touts Drug Testing, but Experts Warn of another Cost Driver

10/15/2014
of its four-year-old Drug Testing and Monitoring program. According to study authors Matthew Foster and Brooke Mueller the program enrolls claimants who exhibit multiple risk factors for misuse and abuse of prescription drugs such as use of multiple pharmacies prescriptions of chronic opioid

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05/01/2008
COMPANY in liquidation administered by BROADSPIRE SERVICES 12 Defendants. 131 14 D.ECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted reconsideration in order to further study the issues raised by 16 applicant's petition for reconsideration that challenged the September 28 2007 Findings and

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Grinberg: Yoga Said to Be as Effective as PT vs. Back Pain

06/29/2017
of that particular claim it appears that yoga has a widespread secular use as a form of exercise and health improvement. Well the news going around the internet nowadays is that there is yet another claim regarding yoga. One study has found yoga to be as effective for back pain as

Category: Industry Insights

Businesses Want Special Session to Include Comp but Concede It's a Long Shot

06/07/2017
to a ballot measure legalizing medical marijuana. If we dont get workers compensation in on this session were going to try to close the gap between the two chambers and be available if they call a special session on medical marijuana. Then they can include workers compensation; it will be

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Speakers Target Opioids, Fraud, Workplace Violence and Psychosocial Factors

09/21/2016
users now look exactly like us attorneys pastors claims adjusters. Even marijuana which Pew said undoubtedly helps some patients with chronic pain is a risk for addiction with todays strands packing 30 of THC potency compared to 8 to 10 a generation ago. Pew who has helped states

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Drugs Influence Kentucky's Look At Comp Reform

08/07/2006
utilization will be centerpieces of the study. "At this moment 60 cents of every dollar goes to medical costs" Emrick said. "Ten years ago it was just the opposite. Where we really need to be focusing on is overutilization." Emrick said a new hospital fee schedule imposed early this year has

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Bill Would Alert Physicians to 'Doctor-Shopping' Threats

01/23/2013
National Council on Compensation Insurance reported in a 2009 study that Oklahoma's medical costs per claim rose more than 40 between 1996 and 2009. The Workers Compensation Research Institute told WorkCompCentral that Oklahoma was not among the states in which it has studied prescription drug use in the

Category: News

Labor Committee Passes Apportionment, Fraud Bills

06/30/2016
Commerce both said they do not want to see any kind of discrimination in the states comp system. And they both said they believe gender-based discrimination is prohibited by law. Schmelzer and Merz suggested the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation should conduct a study to

Category: News

Senate Approves PTSD Bill, but Wording Raises Questions

02/12/2020
it easier for some first responders to be compensated for post-traumatic stress disorder. And the lower chamber the Assembly on Tuesday passed House Bill 46 which would tighten notification requirements when employers deny a claim. Another bill HB 617 would require a study of whether

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New Drug-Free Workplace Rules Leave Unanswered Questions

07/13/2012
said Wickizer and other experts in the field. Wickizer was the lead author on a study that Ohio State University did in 2005. That study which looked at data in Washington state and was entitled "Do Drug-Free Workplace Programs Prevent Occupational Injuries" found workplace drug testing and drug

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