NWCDN Members regularly post articles and summary judgements in workers’ compensations law in your state.
Select a state from the dropdown menu below to scroll through the state specific archives for updates and opinions on various workers’ compensation laws in your state.
Contact information for NWCDN members is also located on the state specific links in the event you have additional questions or your company is seeking a workers’ compensation lawyer in your state.
Treatment for opioid dependence has long been an issue in workers’ compensation. Now that the
FDA has approved implants which will provide a constant, low dose of the drug buprenorphine to
a patient who is already stable on other forms of the drug, such as pills or sublingual films, requests
for the implant should begin to show up in preauthorization requests, given that buprenorphine is
an “N” drug.