| 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 have chronic pain according to a 2011 report from the Institute of Medicine. Pain is considered by some physicians as the fifth vital sign (blood pressure, respiration, temperature, heart rate are the other four). There are four categories of pain duration that a medical physician is obligated to treat-acute (one month), sub-acute (two to three months), chronic (more than three months), and post-operative...read more.
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| wcri STUDY STRIKES SERIOUS BLOW TO PHYSICIAN-DISPENSED STRONG OPIOIDS |
A significant proportion of physician-dispensed strong opioids may not have been necessary at all
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
A new study published by Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) strongly supports the contention of many experts that prior to Florida's ban on physician dispensing of Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances, which went into effect on July 1, 2011, a significant proportion of these physician-dispensed strong opioids may not have been necessary...read more. |
| appeals court reverses w.c.a.b. application of going and coming rule |
By Richard M. Jacobsmeyer, Esq.
 The 2nd District Court of Appeal has reversed a W.C.A.B. decision, which had in turn reversed a WCJ decision in a going and coming rule case. In Shultz v W.C.A.B. (Joint Test Tactics And Training (JT3)), the court ultimately determined that the employee was operating his motor vehicle within the course and scope of employment....read more.
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communications of ur decisions to treating physicians must specify nature or content of message |
 In Shanley v. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, 2014 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB panel rescinded the WCJ's finding that the defendant's UR determinations of a treating physician's request for lumbar MRI and EMG were valid under LC 4610 and R 9792.9, and held instead that the UR determinations were invalid under Dubon II and Bodam...read more.
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Opioids - The Grand Debate
