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Study Shows WC is Effective in Managing Prescription Utilization

May 10, 2018 | by Flahive, Ogden & Latson

State Workers’ Compensation systems “do a good job in controlling drug usage than the rest of the world – and MUCH MUCH better controlling opioids” according to Joe Paduda at Managed Care Matters.

As Paduda describes on his blog, “this year we dug deep into that issue, and one key takeaway is the current regulatory focus on formularies and utilization review is focusing on a problem – initial prescriptions of opioids – that, while not solved, is much better controlled.”

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