Opioid Task Force Expected to Focus on Proposed Formulary Today

Two weeks after hearing pitches from formulary vendors, the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Opioid Task Force will hold its fourth meeting at 1:30 p.m. today at a different location. Today’s meeting will be in Conference Room 218 at the North Carolina State Bar, 217 E. Edenton St., in Raleigh. The state Industrial Commission formed the task force in February and appointed stakeholders across the spectrum to study and recommend solutions for the problems arising from opioid abuse by workers’ compensation claimants. The commission is expected to discuss draft legis...