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Thomas A. Robinson
11 months ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Minnesota: Injured Employee Fails to Establish Need for Long-term Opioids
The Supreme Court of Minnesota held that an injured worker had failed to establish that his long-term use of Endocet—an opioid—was in line with long-term treatment parameters established pursuant to Minn. R. 5221.6110 (2019). Accordingly,...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 1 year ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Pennsylvania: Employee’s Suicide Was Compensable
A decision of Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board awarding death benefits to the surviving spouse and child of an employee who committed suicide was supported by substantial evidence in the record in spite of the fact that the...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New York: Board Appropriately Ordered Claimant to Be Weaned from High Dose of Opioids
A decision by the New York Board that directed an injured worker to begin a weaning process from his long-term opioid prescription treatment program was supported by substantial evidence, held a state appellate court. The worker’s claim was established...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Nebraska: Employee Need Not Provide Long-Term Out-of-State Opioid Meds to Worker Who Relocates
Where an injured Nebraska employee relocated to Florida and there sought long-term opioid medications, combined with benzodiazepines, and muscle relaxants that had been prescribed by a Florida physician, the employer was not required to pay for the treatment...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The One-Two Punch of Benzodiazepines and Opioids on Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs
New study finds combined use of these drugs significantly increases workers’ comp costs Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert...
Roger Rabb
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Medical Marijuana Use as An Alternative to Opioid Use for Relief of Chronic Pain
A Michigan Survey Suggests That Medical Marijuana Patients Are Decreasing Opioid Use to Treat Chronic Pain Two topics that have received a great deal of attention in recent years regarding the medical treatment of chronic pain have been the use and...
John Stahl
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Jury Still Out on Effectiveness of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Jury Still Out on Effectiveness of Workers’ Compensation Reforms By John Stahl, Esq. A November 21, 2013 seminar titled “The Legal Perspective of the Latest Workers’ Compensation Reforms” at the 22nd Annual National Workers’...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
WCRI Study Reveals Causal Connection Between Long-Term Opioid Prescribing and Duration of TTD Benefit Periods
A recent study published by Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) argues that there is indeed a causal relationship between the practice of providing extensive opioid prescriptions to an injured worker and the duration of that workers’...
Roger Rabb
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Opioid Abuse Reduction Efforts in Workers' Compensation Claims Examined
A New Report Looks at the Early Data in 25 States to See How Opioid Abuse Reform Efforts are Faring in Workers' Compensation Claims In light of the epidemic in deaths caused by prescription opioid overdoses and abuse building since at least the...
John Stahl
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
IAIABC Policy Guide on Reducing Opioid Abuse Offers Blueprint for Effective Reform
The bad news is that opioid abuse related to treating chronic pain remains a serious problem for every workers’ compensation system participant. The good news is that many workers’ compensation jurisdictions are increasing their efforts to...
Roger Rabb
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Latest Data on Opioid Use in Workers’ Compensation Claims Reported
The 2017 WCRI Report Looks at Data in 26 States to See How Opioid Abuse Reform Efforts are Faring in Workers' Compensation Claims In light of the epidemic in deaths caused by prescription opioid overdoses and abuse building since at least the 1990s...
California Compensation Cases Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Penalty for Abruptly Withdrawing Authorization for Opioid Pain Medication: Cal. Comp. Cases July Advanced Postings (7/16/2014)
Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for July 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights reserved...
John Stahl
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Survey Says Regulators Must Be More Assertive Regarding Opioid Use
By John Stahl, Esq. A November 12, 2013 webinar that peer review and drug management firm CID Management of Westlake Village, California sponsored summarized the results of a CID survey of front-line employees and executives in the workers’ compensation...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
North Carolina: Worker’s Death from Accidental Overdose of Narcotics is Compensable
In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed an award, inter alia, of death benefits to dependents of an injured employee who suffered a compensable back injury in June 2010 and died some four years later, as a result of...
Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Opioids – The Grand Debate
An examination of ACOEM’s newly revised opioid practice guidelines for treatment of pain By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. We hate statistics but policymakers can’t live without them. For example, 100 million residents of the United States...
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