Committees Begin Tackling Formulary, Benefits Extension Rules Required by HB2

Three months after the Kentucky legislature passed a sweeping workers' compensation bill, and six months before a statutory deadline, regulators are working to create a drug formulary, new prescribing guidelines and a process for extending limits on medical benefits. "It's going to be a busy next few months," said Robert Swisher, commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims. Swisher has appointed two eight-member committees to tackle the formulary and the prescribing guidelines, which were a major part of the intensely debated House Bill 2 that passed...