Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Disorder on the Rise in Comp

Medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder is starting to play a small, but noticeable role in workers’ comp drug trends, according to one pharmacy benefit manager, which predicted the use of MAT drugs would continue to increase. At the same time, employers are grappling with how to handle return to work for an employee who is being treated for opioid misuse. The National Safety Council released an “opioids at work” toolkit for employers last week that addresses that issue and others. The number of workers’ comp claims that included opioids, in which medica...