By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefCarriers have endorsed the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation's proposal to review opioid prescribing by doctors in a plan-based audit of treating doctors as a good step in dealing with prescription drug abuse in the workers' compensation system.But both insurers and the Texas Medical Association also want the division to make a full-blown study of pain management services delivered to Texas workers a research priority for fiscal year 2013, which begins on Sept. 1.DWC reports its pain management (opioid) plan-based audit is intended to help:--...
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