Reformers to Try Again with Narrower Guideline, Formulary Bill

Nebraska lawmakers likely will introduce a drug formulary bill within the next two weeks after supporters scrapped a proposal for a much broader medical treatment guideline plan that was introduced last year. Introduced last year, the measure -- Legislative Bill 429, carried over into the reconvened biennial session that begins Jan. 12 -- proposed the adoption of medical treatment guidelines based on the Work Loss Data Institute's Official Disability Guidelines (ODG). A drug formulary, based again on ODG, was part of that proposal, according to the bill's main aut...