Report Finds Slight Increases in Comp Drug Costs

In a reversal of a years-long trend that saw dips in drug use among injured workers, prescriptions in workers’ compensation inched up in 2022, with drug utilization per claim increasing 2.6%, costs per claim increasing 3.7% and costs per prescription rising 1.1%, according to a report released Wednesday by Enlyte Group LLC. Enlyte, which provides comp services, also found the top utilization trends included a 17.7% increase in migraine medications and an 11% increase in topicals, typically prescribed for pain management and almost always listed as among the most prescribed in comp....