Gauging the Impact of High-Impact Drugs in Workers’ Comp
New Trends in Opioids and Pain Management
Despite decreases in utilization and cost per claim, opioids remain the No. 1 drug class in Enlyte’s 2024 Drug Trends Report. However, due to concerns with safety and overutilization, increased focus on usage guidelines as well as alternatives to pain management are gaining momentum — including those whose active ingredients drive from things you might not imagine, like pufferfish, cacti and chili peppers. Enlyte’s Nikki Wilson explores this and more in our Part 3 drug trends analysis.
Ask The Pharmacist: GLP-1 Drugs in Workers’ Compensation
Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists medications, originally designed for diabetes management, have skyrocketed in popularity over the past year as effective drugs for weight loss and obesity.
Enlyte Pharmacists Discuss a Changing Workers’ Comp Pharmacy Landscape
Workers' compensation pharmacy is constantly evolving, from tackling the opioid crisis, to the rise of compounding pharmacies, to the pandemic. Amidst these changes, pharmacy benefit managers must constantly evolve to address an array of industry changes. In our final Enlytening Conversation our pharmacists discuss how changes within the industry as a whole including physician shortages, digital therapeutics, biopsychosocial approaches, new drug treatments, and much more are driving the need for constant planning and innovation to stay a step ahead in this ever-changing landscape.
Enlyte Pharmacy Experts Speak on Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Clients face numerous challenges in managing their workers' compensation pharmacy programs including capturing all pharmacy utilization and costs as well as addressing abuse by price opportunists. In this Enlytening Conversation we’ll dig deeper into these issues and others to find proactive opportunities to address pharmacy challenges through identification, regulation, and continually reevaluating outcomes and analytics to better understand how the right pharmacy partner can positively impact overall spend and claims outcomes.
Enlyte Experts Discuss the Benefit of a Holistic Approach to Pharmacy
Seizing opportunity within the complexities of workers’ comp prescription utilization requires a holistic approach that manages all transactions to gain the full picture of medications being utilized. This Enlytening Conversation covers key factors for payers to consider that impact pharmacy utilization and cost, including legislative and regulatory challenges, physician dispensing, utilization controls, complex billing issues and cost management solutions that consider therapy as a whole.
Consultative & Customized Solutions Exceed Expectations
A claim department, fatigued by change from recent workflow and regulatory changes, struggled to meet the needs of their customers and couldn’t keep up with pending bill and claim counts.