Comprehensive Solution to Reduce Opioid Abuse & Other Top News Tidbits

A Comprehensive Solution to Reduce Opioid Abuse

In a recent pilot study of just more than 100,000 Express Scripts members new to opioid therapy, we observed a 38% reduction in hospitalizations and 40% reduction in emergency room (ER) visits in the intervention group versus control group during six months of follow up. Half of patients received an educational letter from the Express Scripts Neuroscience Therapeutic Resource Center (TRC) and half no intervention at all. A subset of patients receiving the TRC educational letter who had high-risk patterns of opioid use also received a counseling call from a Neuroscience TRC specialist pharmacist.

Best Practices from our Care Advocate Team

Ensuring the injured party is taken care of after settlement so that they can get the treatment and guidance they need is our number one priority. Our Care Advocate team takes on this critical responsibility.

After settlement, the injured individual becomes our client (or “member”) and works directly with our Care Advocates. We’d like to highlight a few of the services and practices we’ve implemented to go above and beyond for our members to help make the transition to their post-settlement care seamless.

Not So Secret Tips for Quick and Successful MSA Submissions

It’s no secret quick and successful Medicare Set-Aside submissions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are driven by medical records which meet CMS requirements for review and approval of the MSA. At Tower MSA Partners we strive to work with our customers to prepare and submit to CMS MSAs meeting these requirements. By doing so, we limit the time for CMS to review the MSA and avoid unexpected MSA counter-highers which may jeopardize settlement of a workers’ compensation case or at least delay resolution.

Ringler Associates President Geoff Hunt Talks about the Acquisition of Galaher Settlements

Geoff Hunt, president of Ringler Associates, discusses the company’s recent acquisition of Galaher Settlements and explains how the move will benefit everyone, including purchasers of structured settlements.

The Difference Between Active and Passive Injury Care

There are two possible approaches to injury care – active and passive treatment. While both can help get your employees on the road toward recovery, only active treatment limits long-term impact and keeps employees in the work environment as much as possible.

Author Michael Stack, Principal, Amaxx LLC. He is an expert in workers compensation cost containment systems and helps employers reduce their work comp costs by 20% to 50%. He works as a consultant to large and mid-market clients, is co-author of Your Ultimate Guide To Mastering Workers Comp Costs, a comprehensive step-by-step manual of cost containment strategies based on hands-on field experience, and is founder & lead trainer of Amaxx Workers’ Comp Training Center. .

Contact: mstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.

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