Preventing Opioid Deaths: An Opportunity to Integrate Health and Disability Management By Glenn Pransky, MD Scientific Advisor Lincoln Financial Group Prescription opioid abuse has increased, with a surge in deaths … Read More
DMEC News: July 2018
2018 DMEC Compliance Conference Highlights the Future of Leave Compliance In May, DMEC held our annual FMLA/ADA Employer Compliance Conference. As always, it was an informative and fun opportunity to … Read More
The Problem of Pain: Reducing Opioid Risks
Reducing Opioid Risks Through Management and Alternatives While employers are making progress in their efforts to end America’s opioid epidemic, the death toll is still rising due to other factors. … Read More
Program Showcase: Opioid Reduction & Management
Chronic Pain and the Opioid Epidemic: An Employer Response Even if your organization has maintained a “drug-free workplace” for decades, your employees need another layer of protection from you to … Read More
Advocating Care and Compliance: Preventing Drug Addiction Among Injured and Ill Employees
By Teresa Bartlett, MD Senior Vice President, Medical Quality Sedgwick Opioid overuse has become a U.S. crisis, raising employers’ concerns about related work injuries and absence, productivity, job safety, and … Read More