NCOIL to Look at Doctor Dispensing, Repackaged Drugs Feb. 25

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefThe National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) reports an NCOIL committee will take "a hard look" at physician dispensing of repackaged drugs to injured workers when the organization meets in Biloxi, Miss., on Feb. 25.The Workers' Compensation Insurance Committee plans to examine the issues, which represent "a huge cost for state workers’ comp systems," in hopes of providing legislatures with guidance for possible legislation, NCOIL said in announcing the meeting.NCOIL is an organization of state legislators whose main area of public policy...