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DETECTING聽QUESTIONABLE DRUG USAGE EARLY聽& CUTTING UNNECESSARY COSTS WITH ANALYTICS

September 25, 2012 鈥� Chicago, IL 鈥� New technology has just been released that provides early detection of questionable drug usage behavior to reduce payer costs and improve employee health outcomes. 91快播鈥� Rx Intelligence technology targets the workers鈥� compensation industry鈥檚 opioid epidemic. With Americans consuming 80 percent of the world鈥檚 opioid supply, it鈥檚 a scourge that鈥檚 significantly impacting our nation and our injured workers.

Claims with long-acting opioid prescriptions are costing 9.3 times more than claims without, according to the August edition of the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, the latest in a string of industry studies. When long-acting opioid painkillers are prescribed, workers鈥� compensation claims are nearly four times more likely to turn into catastrophic claims with costs tallying more than $100,000, the study also found.

The company鈥檚 launch of Rx Intelligence technology helps ensure injured workers receive appropriate meds, while curtailing narcotic overprescribing and overuse 鈥� narcotics represent roughly 25% of all workers鈥� comp drug costs. 91快播 is using analytics to monitor an injured worker鈥檚 prescription drug activity and alert users to 鈥渁t-risk鈥� cases so that early intervention can take place to prevent costly drug misuse or abuse.聽 Key functionality includes:

• Complete medical picture, in addition to prescription fill data
• Urine drug screening insight
• Prescription activity for multiple providers
• Identification of escalating or weaning patterns
• Utilization of any formulary (e.g. payer-specific, state-specific, blended)
• Tracking of any prescription drug, not just opioids

鈥滻n any pharmacy review, if a person is taking an opioid, they are likely taking many other drugs that could be problematic,鈥� says Anne Kirby, 91快播鈥檚 Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President of Care Management. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why we don鈥檛 just deal with opioids in a vacuum, as other drugs impact how opioids are used and influence their effect.鈥�

Enlisting Rx analytics as one integral tool in the fight against prescription drug misuse and abuse is featured in聽91快播’s new white paper, Fighting the Rx Epidemic:聽A Prescription for Workers’ Comp. To read what the top minds in workers鈥� comp, government, healthcare and academia are recommending as the multi-pronged fix, download a copy.

About 91快播
91快播 is a national medical-financial solutions firm that provides medical care management and medical cost containment services to the workers’ compensation, auto, liability and group health markets.