The controversy over UDT

Medical treatment guidelines, such as the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Work Loss Data Institute’s Official Disability Guidelines, recommend urine drug testing for injured workers prescribed opioids. And yet, studies show that few physicians actually prescribe them. There’s been quite a bit of controversy about UDT of late. There are concerns about whether it is overused, underused, effective or too expensive. Along with the controversy there is, of course, much confusion. Having spent a couple of years writing and overseeing a biweekly newsl...