EK Health Launches Prescription-Intervention Program

EK Health Services announced Monday that it has added a prescription-intervention program to its suite of managed care services. The goal of the program is to ensure that medications prescribed to treat an injured worker are appropriate, as well as necessary, to help restore the injured worker’s health and productivity, the San Jose, California-based company said in a press release. “It is clear that medical cost is the most expensive part of a workers' compensation claim,” said Dr. Douglas Benner, EK Health’s chief medical officer. “Prescription drugs conti...