Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the recent release of CompPharma’s results from its 2012 Survey of Prescription Drug Management.
According to respondents, opioids are the biggest problem in work comp pharmacy management, and most said they had implemented programs to address overuse and abuse, including specialty reviews, pharmacists contacting treating physicians, physician peer-to-peer contact, urine drug testing, education on proper dosage and monitoring, and increased use of WC-PBM drug utilization, fraud and abuse programs. Physician dispensing of marked-up repacked drugs also came in as a significant concern and the second highest cost driver.
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