What Do Medicare Part D, Medicare Set-Asides and Parenting Have in Common?
Posted on March 2, 2018 by Rita Wilson
For those who have raised children, or are in the process of doing so, one of our biggest challenges is to instill in our children some sort of positive decision-making paradigm in our children. You can call it religious values,…
CMS Statement on Opioids and WCMSAs Provides Little Clarity as to Future Review Practices
Posted on December 27, 2017 by Daniel Anders
In a recent post on its website, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) acknowledged the opioid crisis in this country, but provided little clarity as to how it intends to address this crisis in its review and approval…
Opioids in the MSA… Challenges and Strategies
Posted on November 3, 2017 by Tower MSA Partners
If seeing the word opioids one more time doesn’t trigger some sort of reaction, whether sadness, anger, desperation, or possibly hope at what appears to be traction to ‘Turn the Tide’ of addiction, then I can only surmise that you…
FDA Mandates New Warnings for Opioid and Benzodiazepines
Posted on September 20, 2016 by Rita Wilson
In a statement released on September 1, 2016 (FDA Black Box Warning), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that “after an extensive review of the latest scientific evidence, it is requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information,…
Opioids in the Life of the MSA… Coming Soon
Posted on June 10, 2016 by Rita Wilson
In a statement released on June 7, 2016, the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals (NAMSAP) announced the 2nd in a series of webinars focused on opioid drugs in the Medicare Set Aside. The release can be found at NAMSAP…
The VA’s Proactive Move on Opioids
Posted on October 3, 2014 by Tower MSA Partners
I don’t need to reiterate how big a problem prescription drugs continue to be not only in the work comp industry as well as society, but I just did anyway. Recently I wrote here about the rescheduling of hydrocodone combination…
Opioids As They Were Intended…. Comfort At End of Life
Posted on February 24, 2014 by Rita Wilson
In an environment where we cringe each time we see one more article on opioid use, it’s easy to forget the primary reason these medications were developed …. pain management in terminal illness and at end of life. David DePaolo’s recent post was both powerful and informative. He…
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