Ask The Pharmacist: Marijuana and Controlled Substance Classifications
3 MIN READ
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance. This change follows a review requested by President Biden in 2022 and supported by medical and legal evaluations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC). The rulemaking process will include public notice, comments and an administrative hearing before any final decision is made.
Enlyte Quarterly Medical Price Index - Q2
5 MIN READ
As reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) for April 2024, the consumer price index in the United States increased 3.4% over the preceding 12 months. The medical care index rose 0.4% in April 2024 after rising 0.5% in March 2024. The index for hospital services increased 0.6% over the month and the index for physician’s services increased 0.1% which would be compared to Enlyte’s data in this report.
Enlyte Pharmacists Discuss a Changing Workers’ Comp Pharmacy Landscape
4 MIN READ
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
7 MIN READ
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
5 MIN READ
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.
Ask The Pharmacist: Urine Drug Testing in Workers’ Compensation
2 MIN READ
Urine drug testing (UDT) plays an important role in workers’ compensation, serving as an essential tool for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to ensure safe and effective use of medications by injured employees.
Ask The Pharmacist: Understanding the Different Types of Drug Recalls
3 MIN READ
Drugs can be withdrawn from the market for a number of reasons, ranging from minor labeling errors to the potential risk of severe health consequences. The process behind these recalls are diverse but essential for safeguarding public health.