Increases in workers' compensation pharmacy cost inflation slowed last year according to a study by a consulting firm, which attributed the reduction to cost controls.

Madison, Conn., Based Health Strategy Associates reported that finding in its Fourth Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers' Compensation.

The poll of large and medium workers' compensation payers was sponsored by Atlanta-based Cypress Care, a pharmacy benefit management firm.

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