Essential Updates: Comp Medical News for December
Welcome to this month’s edition of Comp Medical News. Opioid tapering, depression, and medical marijuana are your headlines for December 2018.
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Essential Updates: Comp Medical News for April
Welcome to this month’s edition of Comp Medical News. Education on medical marijuana, U.S. health spending, and the Justice Department’s role in opioid litigation are you headlines for April 2018.
Antoine’s Launches Assistance Program for Employees in Response to Deaths
Antoine’s Restaurant, a quintessential landmark of the New Orleans dining scene for tourists and locals alike, has started a new initiative to combat drug and alcohol abuse among its employees and improve work life balance. Now that the initial rollout is over, and in honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, Louisiana Comp Blog reached out to Matthew Daroca, Systems Development Manager at Antoine’s, to get details on the program and how Antoine’s hopes to export its benefits to the local food and beverage industry more generally.
Essential Updates: Comp Medical News for September 2017
Welcome to this month’s edition of Comp Medical News. Spouse hostility, a new Congressional opioid report, and the FDA’s new compounding pharmacy push are your headlines for September 2017.
WCRI Hosts Webinar on Provider Choice Study which Found Little Difference Between Employer and Employee Choice States
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) hosted a webinar on its recent provider choice study, which on the surface found no statistically significant difference in costs between employee versus employer provider choice states.
Essential Updates: Comp Medical News for May 2017
Welcome to this month’s edition of Comp Medical News. BMI and heart disease, the first abuse-deterrent immediate release opioid, and mindfulness as pain management technique are your headlines.
Pharmacy Formulary Debate Pits Two Bills Against Each Other – ODG vs. Louisiana-specific
Two closed pharmacy formulary proposals have been filed so far in this year’s Regular Session, which began April 10th and concludes June 8th. One measure, HB 592 by Representatives Talbot, Barras, Davis and Lance Harris, requires the use of the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) Appendix A. The other, HB 529 by Representative Broadwater, does not require the Louisiana Workforce Commission to implement any specific formulary, but rather, would more broadly ask the LWC and Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) to create one with input from a range of system stakeholders.
Boost Rehab Functional Restoration Program: What is it and how can it benefit tough claims?
Louisiana Comp Blog reached out to the practitioners that founded Boost Rehab in Metairie – Aaron Wolfson Ph.D/Clinical Director and Kevin Bianchini Ph.D/Director of Psychology – to get their perspective on how and why functional restoration works.
Guest Post: Carlos Luna on the National Guideline Clearinghouse and its Relevance
In the following guest post, Carlos Luna, Director of Government Affairs for Reed Group’s MDGuidelines, explores the National Guideline Clearinghouse and whether or not it performs its function – assessing the quality of medical guidelines and improving transparency in the guideline industry. As the Legislature is soon to begin its Regular Session on April 10th and workers’ comp officials anticipate a bill to incorporate the ODG formulary in Louisiana’s system, read on to get Luna’s take on how the National Guideline Clearinghouse could benefit stakeholders across the board.
Essential Updates: Comp Medical News for March 2017
Welcome to this month’s edition of Comp Medical News. Overdose deaths in Orleans Parish, hospital waste, and the link between poor diet and a wide range of chronic disease are your headlines.