Industry Insights
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Gavin: Lawmakers Dictate to Doctors: New Legislative Approaches to Opioids | 07/14/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Amidst all the talk of seven-day initial opioid script limits in New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire (with New Jersey, Connecticut and others likely not far behind), we appear to have missed a piece of legislation that, in my view, represents the single most stringent legal construct f...Read More | |||
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Gavin: The Biopsychosocial Model: Challenges in Application | 06/24/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Hardly a day, a conference, a meeting or a case goes by without a serious discussion about the need for a "biopsychosocial" approach to injury resolution. In fact, I've recently heard griping in some circles that the discussion has run its course. "We get it ... can w...Read More | |||
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Gavin: A Tax on Opioids: Who Pays? And Why? | 06/07/2016 | |
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| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A new bill was introduced last week by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia). The bill calls for a tax on opioids to the tune of 1 cent per milligram. This tax will fall primarily to the payer community. ...Read More | |||
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Gavin: ProPublica and Drug-Seeking Irony | 05/20/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Say the name "ProPublica" in a work comp meeting these days and watch what happens. It's like a pinata at a little kid's birthday party: Everyone takes a swing, only a precious few actually connect (but when they do connect, we all get candy, or something like that). ...Read More | |||
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Gaston: Out of Joint: Texas Joint Employer Liability for Franchisors | 04/25/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In response to the NLRB’s pronouncement of joint employer status between two distinct business entities in Browning-Ferris Industries, a handful of state legislatures, including Texas, have passed legislation to protect the franchise industry from exposure to lawsuits for franchisees&r...Read More | |||
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Gavin: When CMS and CDC Conflict: Medicare and Opioids | 04/21/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A few weeks back, the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) published a press release calling for a revised approach to MSAs that include opioid medications. ...Read More | |||
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Gavin: President Obama At the National Rx Drug and Heroin Abuse Summit | 04/01/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Imagine getting the chance to hear the president speak in person. Now imagine he comes to your home town to offer some thoughts on a given topic. Finally, imagine the topic of his remarks is the very center of your professional life and something you eat, sleep and breathe every da...Read More | |||
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Gavin: The Patient Should Not Be Punished for the Sins of the Prescriber | 03/23/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Dr. Mitchell Katz of the Los Angeles County Health Department wrote an editorial that was published in last week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA has made this set...Read More | |||
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Gavin: What Will the New CDC Opioid Guidelines Mean to Work Comp? | 03/22/2016 | |
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| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Not much, I fear. Allow me to explain. Mic...Read More | |||
| Good Luck, Judge Roesch | 01/28/2016 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| I had the opportunity last night to attend the retirement dinner of Judge Laura Roesch in Panama City, Florida. Judge Roche was appointed to the bench in May 2001, and is retiring just short of 15 years of service. In a great line from A Knights Tale, Prince Edward tells the hero: "y...Read More | |||
