The Florida Three-Member Panel on Monday released the final version of its 2011 biennial report and called on state lawmakers to review whether workers' compensation physicians should be allowed to dispense drugs to injured workers.Based on changes to the draft report adopted last month, the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) added language to a preliminary finding by the Three-Member Panel that physician-dispensed prescriptions are a major cost driver in the system."Payments associated with dispensed medications have become an ever-growing component of the workers' co...
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