Draft model rule aims to amend state workers comp laws that address opioid prescriptions

An International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions committee posted a draft model rule Thursday for amending state workers compensation laws that address opioid pain medication prescribing. The document suggests, among other measures, that when patients receive daily opioid doses with a morphine equivalent exceeding 120 milligrams and they are not experiencing “meaningful improvement in pain and function,” a workers comp claims payer may require that the prescribing doctor provide a plan for managing and tapering the claimants off of the medications...

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