Teddy Award winners will be honored on Thursday at “Steal These Ideas! Award-Winning Employers Share Their Successes,” beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation and Disability Management Award honors exceptional programs that innovate to produce the best results.

Despite ongoing controversy, the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration is attempting to provide reimbursement guidance on medical marijuana.

Pharmacy benefit managers are becoming a greater force in clinical case management, adapting to higher customer expectations. 

NCCI’s latest findings reinforce the assertion that there are adverse effects when Rx fee schedules are set too high.

Sophisticated pharmacy data allows workers’ comp payers to spot utilization red flags.

Spending on prescription drugs accounts for a large share of workers’ comp medical costs, but utilization can be controlled.

With California’s closed drug formulary nearly a done deal, other states including Tennessee and Louisiana are exploring the idea.

A new study found that back fusion patients fared significantly worse when receiving long-term opioid therapy.

Studies have identified strong evidence that California’s SB 863 reforms are positively impacting workers’ comp costs.

Payers are increasingly being held responsible for addiction and overdoses related to opioid pain medications prescribed for occupational injuries.

Several states have implemented closed formularies in their workers’ comp systems, and are reporting positive results in their efforts to address opioid abuse.

Doctors are achieving solid outcomes in transitioning opioid patients to medical marijuana, but lack of research and regulation on dosage still poses challenges for comp.

Excluding pharmacists from key pharmacy-related decisions in workers’ compensation just doesn’t make sense.

A tragic story provides an opportunity to reflect on the growth of workers’ comp claims services and their potential to help prevent it from happening again.

Efforts to limit opioid addiction are leading to heroin abuse.

Mayo Clinic researchers have isolated several characteristics that may help identify those most likely to become chronic opioid users.

Some doctors are turning to marijuana when opioids fail to ease patient pain. And courts say the treatment is reasonable under workers’ comp.

During its Annual Issues Symposium, NCCI identified the top legislative issues affecting the industry for the first quarter of the year.

Research shows the use of clinical dashboards can significantly impact the management of opioid use.