Physician Dispensing: Costs and Consequences
At WCRI 2015, the panel of Vennela Thumula (WCRI), Dongchun Wang (WCRI) Alex Swedlow (CWCI) and Artemis Emsilie (myMatrixx) tackled this topic. Eighteen states have made changes to their rules regarding physician-dispensed physicians with a focus on pricing. Four states (PA, NC, TN, FL) also put limits on the timeframe that physicians could dispense. […]
Impact of Affordable Care Act on Workers’ Compensation: Case Shifting
The opening sesson at the 2015 WCRI conference focused on whether the ACA was leading to case shifting in workers’ compensation. The speaker was Richard Victor, President & CEO of WCRI. One of the biggest concerns with regard to ACA’s impact on workers’ compensation is the risk of increase case shifting from group health to […]
This week Conference Chronicles will be at WCRI in Boston
This week we journey to Boston for the annual WCRI Conference. Check back here later this week for postings on the great sessions we will be attending.