Cordant Study Finds Patients Continue to Use Alcohol and Prescription Drugs Concurrently, Despite Label WarningsAs part of Alcohol Awareness Month, Cordant Health Solutions™ (Cordant), a provider of innovative tools for chronic pain, mental health and workers’ compensation providers through its uniquely integrated drug testing programs,...
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As providers try to find non-addictive alternatives to opioids to treat pain, prescriptions for off-label use of gabapentin have been climbing. Perhaps best known for treating pain associated with shingles, gabapentin does not show affinity for the same types of receptor sites in the brain...
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The use of cannabis as an alternative to opioid therapy is gaining serious consideration. Cannabis, also known as marijuana, is still a federal Schedule I drug, meaning it is an illegal drug considered to have a high abuse potential and no medical use. However, acceptance...
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Opioid misuse and abuse is a long-standing and growing concern for workers’ compensation payers. Appropriate monitoring of injured worker compliance with a given treatment plan is an essential missing piece of the treatment puzzle. The Official Disability Guidelines and the American College of Occupational and Environmental...
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The opioid epidemic continues to be at the forefront of the national conversation, and related, worrisome trends are on the horizon. Cordant Health Solutions™ is working alongside providers and payers at the front lines of this battle, implementing strategies to address the epidemic and work...
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Almost 50 percent of prime age men (ages 25 to 54) who are not in the labor force take some kind of pain medication every day, states a report by a Princeton economist on labor force participation (LFP) in the U.S. The LFP rate measures how...
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Owners of small businesses are dealing more and more with the drug epidemic at the workplace these days as the use of drugs and alcohol has increased in the last several years. Many want to support employees who are having problems with drugs and alcohol. Some...
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Concerned about reducing prescription costs and the amount of opioids being prescribed, workers’ compensation programs around the country are trying a new strategy: drug formularies. Simply put, a drug formulary is a list of prescription drugs covered by the patient’s insurance plan. Medications that are...
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Concerned about the problems associated with opioids and pain treatment, workers’ compensation (WC) officials around the country are trying multiple strategies to reduce opioid use to treat workplace injuries. Many of the changes are too new to show results, but these practices may help to...
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The current opioid crisis is creating significant costs that affect employers both directly and indirectly, says a new report from Castlight Health, a California health care information company. The report, entitled “The Opioid Crisis in America’s Workforce,” was released in early May and indicates that...
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