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Several states are taking matters into their own hands to boost oversight of large-scale pharmacies like the one behind the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak last fall as the outlook for congressional action is somewhat murky.

Opioid addiction among injured workers calls for a second look at best practices for employers and pharmacy benefit managers.

Employers, together with their pharmacy benefit managers and third-party administrators, are doing all they can to address the problem of opioid addiction.

Makers of vitamins, supplements, herbal remedies and nutraceuticals believe their products are safe and effective, but insurers are not so quick to agree.

TV commercials for pharmaceuticals seem to be all over the airwaves these days -- and after talking about how beneficial a new product is, the commercials describe the medicine's side effects in painful detail.

Pharmacy costs continue to bedevil the workers' compensation market. But whether the market is hard depends on one's perspective, and there is widespread disagreement over the use of that term.

A new flight of branded opioids, designed to lessen abuse, hit the market in 2011.

Workers' compensation carriers are placing more faith in predictive modeling and the competition is keen to deliver the best tools.

How to reduce information technology risk with a pharmacy benefit manager's modern technology toolkit.

Psychology and the attitude of workers toward pain and their employment in general remain the great untested waters in workers' compensation.

As healthcare reform continues to drive toward more drug-price transparency, employers and benefits managers need to up the ante on drug manufacturers and pharmacy-benefits managers.