WC Opioid Experts to Speak at National Rx Drug Abuse Summit

Several national workers’ compensation experts will lead 90-minute sessions during the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit April 10-12 at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, Fla., the event organizers said in a press release on Wednesday.Joseph Paduda, owner of Health Strategy Associates and president of CompPharma, LLC; and Dr. Richard Victor, executive director of the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, will discuss factors leading to opioid abuse in workers’ compensation, regional variations of narcotics use and strategies employers are using to help addicted emp...