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  • Drug Recall: Single lot of Phenobarbital recalled

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    • Optum Workers' Comp
    | Apr 21, 2017
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    Medication Recall, FDA
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced C.O. Truxton, Inc. voluntarily recalled one lot of Phenobarbital 15 mg tablets after the manufacturer received a complaint that a bottle was mislabeled. According to the manufacturer, a bottle labeled as 15 mg contained 30 mg tablets.

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  • You Are Being Watched

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    • Lavonya Chapman Esq RN CMSP
    | Apr 18, 2017
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    Medicare Advantage Plans, NGHP, medicareinsights blog, CMS, Medicare Secondary Payer
    All non-group health plans (NGHP) including all property & casualty insurers who insure auto no-fault (Med Pay/PIP) claims, workers’ compensation claims, premises Med Pay claims, get your assumption and/or termination of ongoing responsibility for medicals (ORM) reporting in order, a firm called MSP Recovery is coming after you.

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  • A Tale of Two Formulary Bills and Controlling Opioids in the Pelican State

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    • Optum Workers' Comp
    | Apr 13, 2017
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    Formularies, Opioids
    The 2017 General Session of the Louisiana legislature got off to a running start on Monday, April 10th. Legislators in the Pelican State will be considering two competing workers’ compensation drug formulary bills.

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  • New York Formulary in the Works

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    • Optum Workers' Comp
    | Apr 11, 2017
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    Formularies
    The New York legislature passed a late night budget agreement on Sunday, April 9, 2017, following several days of off-again on-again negotiations. Included in the adopted budget language was a provision directing the New York Workers’ Compensation Board to establish a comprehensive prescription drug formulary on or before December 31, 2017.

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