Advisory Council Votes to Oppose Formulary Bill; Medical Society Plans Committee Sub

Louisiana’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council isn’t ready to hop on the closed pharmacy formulary bandwagon yet – at least not the type of bandwagon leap laid out in the current version of a formulary bill in the State Senate. But the Louisiana State Medical Society – the organization driving the legislation – says that a substitute version is coming and believes it will address at least some of the concerns of Senate Bill 256’s detractors. The advisory council voted Thursday morning to oppose Sen. Daniel Martiny’s SB 256, which would esta...