Return to Work, Return to Savings

CorVel

Read this white paper to find out how you can return your injured workers to workplace weeks sooner.

Ensuring Quality Care

Genex Services

The second brief in the “Essentials of Return to Work” series asks "What does quality care mean?” and “How does any one person help ensure it is achieved?”

Working Together to Achieve Better Outcomes

Optum

With many states implementing state-specific closed formularies for the WC industry, we discuss the differences between state and PBM formularies and how the best of both worlds is when they work together.

A Mega-Case Puts Opioids On Trial

// Washington Post

A state judge will decide whether the Mississippi Attorney General can proceed with a suit against opioid manufacturers, alleging that the companies illegally promoted the drugs by understating their health risks and exaggerating their benefits.

DEA to Cut Production of Prescription Opioids

// Huffington Post

The DEA finalized an order to cut production of a variety of Schedule I and II drugs by 25 percent in 2017, including addictive narcotics like oxycodone, hydromorphone, codeine and fentanyl.

Worker Safety Means Productivity Improvements

// mobi health news

Plenty of penalties are dealt out when on-the-job injuries occur, but there’s a real upside to a proactive approach that creates a safety culture.

Fitbit Publishes Results of Corporate Wellness Study

// mobi health news

Fitbit has moved to validate its usefulness by announcing its new research library and the results of a corporate wellness study.

DOL Report Calls for Federal Oversight of Workers' Comp

// HR Dive

State workers compensation laws are heading in the wrong direction, according to a new report from the Labor Dept. that calls for the "exploration" of federal oversight and federal minimum benefits.

DOL Appoints AECOM Exec to Construction Advisory Committee

// ConstructionDive

Global engineering and construction firm AECOM announced that Andrew Peters, SVP and chief safety officer, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.

Workplace Safety, Health Professionals in Demand

// Bloomberg

The work group of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health is looking at what steps federal workplace safety agencies can take to encourage more students to choose a workplace safety and health career.

Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation System under New Scrutiny

// The Washington Times

Courts say that significant parts of Oklahoma’s revised workers’ compensation system violate the state constitution and do not provide adequate protection to workers.

Federal Workers' Comp Intervention Would Be 'Troubling' to Business

// Corporate Counsel

Gene Barr, president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, called the Labor Department report "troubling" and said it represents "another threat of federal overreach.”

OSHA Urges Caution in Storm Recovery

// WRDW

OSHA is warning emergency workers of serious hazards as recovery begins following Hurricane Matthew, advising that only properly trained and adequately equipped workers should conduct cleanup activities.