Draft of Treatment Guidelines Goes Easier on Compounded Drugs

The California Division of Workers' Compensation removed a blanket ban on the use of compounded topical analgesics from its proposed treatment guideline regulations, but the issue of how much insurers and employers should pay for the balms and salves remains unresolved. The division on Wednesday amended proposed regulations that would augment the proposed Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule in response to public comments and reopened the comment period for an additional 15 days.A previous version of the proposed rules stated that compounded topical analgesics were not recommended, but t...