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WorkCompRecap: New Drug Report!

April 7, 2016 - WorkCompWire

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Express Scripts’ announcement of the release of the 10th annual edition of its Workers’ Comp Drug Trends Report, which found that rising drug prices contributed to a 2.2% increase in pharmacy spending for workers’ comp payers in 2015.

According to the report, opioids continue to be the most costly medications, however overall spending for opioids decreased nearly 5% as utilization decreased by almost 11%. On average, injured workers received 2.91 opioid prescriptions per year for 2015, a decrease from from 3.33 in 2014. Also of note was that for the third year in a row, compounded products were among the top 10 therapy classes as ranked by total spending. Finally, while they make up only 1% of all medications used by injured workers, rapidly rising prices for specialty drugs are becoming a concern.

Find out more (including a link to the free report!) by clicking here!

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