WSI Raises 'Expectations' on Drug Testing

North Dakota’s state-run workers’ compensation insurer on Monday announced new guidelines designed to encourage medical providers and employers to be a bit more judicious when drug-testing employees and when treating them for non-work-related conditions. The state’s Workforce Safety & Insurance agency unveiled the “expectations,” under which it would reimburse providers for most initial or presumptive drug tests, and for more definitive tests when necessary. At the same time, a provider may bill for no more than one presumptive test per day. If the test...