Medical Advisory Committee to Review Draft of Pain Management Guidelines

Tennessee’s Division of Workers’ Compensation is using the state Department of Health’s chronic pain guidelines to develop its own protocols specific to workers' compensation, with an emphasis on the tapering of opioids and other pain drugs. Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens said Thursday that the division has put together a draft of an addendum to the Health Department’s pain guidelines. The Workers’ Compensation Medical Advisory Committee will review the draft at its meeting on Oct. 21. After receiving recommendations from the committ...