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On November 24, 2015, Ameritox  announced that its subsidiary PRIUM had launched a pilot program with Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company (Chesapeake) in Maryland to reduce overprescribing of opioids for workers receiving workers compensation benefits.   Chesapeake is the the state-funded workers compensation program.   For the pilot program, which started in September 2015, medical professionals employed by Chesapeake review claim files to identify specific high-risk cases in which injured workers are prescribed high opioid dosages. These cases are referred to PRIUM, whose physician consultants then engage with the individuals’ prescribers to provide information about best practices for opioid prescribing, non . . .

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Weekly News Wire | January 10, 2016

Ameritox Launches Maryland Pilot Program To Reduce Overprescribing Of Opioids In Workers Comp

On November 24, 2015, Ameritox  announced that its subsidiary PRIUM had launched a pilot program with Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company (Chesapeake) in Maryland to reduce overprescribing of opioids for workers receiving workers compensation benefits.   Chesapeake is the the state-funded workers compensation program.   For the pilot program, which started in September 2015, medical professionals employed by Chesapeake review claim files to identify specific high-risk cases in which injured workers are prescribed high opioid dosages. These cases are referred to PRIUM, whose physician consultants then engage with the individuals’ prescribers to provide information about best practices for opioid prescribing, non . . .

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