Drug Costs Sicken WC Insurers

Workers compensation industry professionals must put a lid on benefit costs by controlling the soaring pharmaceutical bills of injured workers, one top company expert contends.

The advice came from Nancy Brennan, director of product development at Hartford Specialty Risk Services. She spoke on a panel about cost control as part of the national trends track arranged by The National Underwriter Company during the Workers Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando, sponsored by the Florida Workers Compensation Institute.

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