The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that overdoses from prescription painkillers kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined. And yet, the Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that between 65%-85% of injured workers who receive pain medications get narcotics.
As the health care reform frenzy continues, one issue everyone can agree on is that runaway medical costs must be controlled. With that goal in mind, the issue of physician self-referral should come under increased scrutiny.
Driven largely by skyrocketing medical costs and lack of controls for utilization, workers' compensation insurance costs have risen 50 percent nationwide in the last three years, with the greatest
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