- Urine testing a frontline defense against comp-based opioid abuse
Urine drug testing is one of the few tools that allow payers and physicians to monitor compliance and aberrant behavior among injured workers on opioids, speakers said during a webinar by pharmacy benefit manager myMatrixx, the marketing name of Matrix…
- Nurse allergic to floor wax qualifies for workers comp
A Pennsylvania nurse should receive workers compensation benefits for exposure to a floor wax that caused her to have breathing problems, even though she has since moved on to a new part-time job and is no longer experiencing asthma symptoms.
- Humana shifts away from occupational injury care with Concentra sale
Humana Inc.’s $1 billion sale of occupational health and physical therapy unit Concentra Inc. apparently marks the health care insurer’s exit from the workers compensation field.