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		<title>Workers’ Compensation Institute (WCI) conference August 19-23</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida WC Institute Changes Name &#8211; The Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute has now changed its name to Workers’ Compensation Institute (WCI) and can be found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who knew? PBM&#8217;s make money selling drugs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New PBM Info Reveals Comp Drug Facts Progressive Medical and Express Scripts, two large pharmacy benefit managers, recently released data regarding the use of various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Price Caps on Work Comp Drugs—Missing the Big Picture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida is considering legislation to cap prices on physician-dispensed medications for work comp.  If this bill takes effect July 1, according to Business Insurance article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Rosalie Speaks we all listen&#8230;.!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Medical Cost Containment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosalie Faris, BSN, RN will be speaking at the 9th Annual Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Workers&#8217; Compensation Conference in June.  Her topic is &#8220;Medical Cost Containment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing horses in the middle of the stream</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m suggesting to you that changing horses in the middle of the stream can actually be a good thing. Particularly if you can trade for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unnecessary Drugs at Very Good Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when driving, I’ll get lost. Like most men I am reluctant to ask for directions. When my condition is pointed out by my wife (without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squeezing TPA&#8217;s for Profit and other Myths&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>denisew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Squeezing TPAs for Profit and other Myths&#8230;.Or it seems the more I cut my administration/claims medical management, the faster my over all claims costs go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor shopping &#8211; We search &amp; uncover chronic abusers</title>
		<link>http://www.omca.biz/2012/03/28/doctor-shopping-we-search-uncover-chronic-abusers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omca.biz/2012/03/28/doctor-shopping-we-search-uncover-chronic-abusers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just another day. That’s what I thought as I read the Courier Journal and saw two articles about prescription drug abuse.  The first article detailed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snitch or Hero?</title>
		<link>http://www.omca.biz/2012/03/21/snitch-or-hero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telling the Medical Licensure Board&#8212;Snitch or Hero? We all know about the problems caused by the few bad doctors who over prescribe dangerous narcotics.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utilization Review means never having to say UR sorry</title>
		<link>http://www.omca.biz/2012/03/16/utilization-review-means-never-having-to-say-ur-sorry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.omca.biz/2012/03/16/utilization-review-means-never-having-to-say-ur-sorry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CO</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Group Benefits Programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dangerous Hospitalizations and Alarm Fatigue Being in the hospital is a dangerous thing. ECRI Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization that researches the best approaches [...]]]></description>
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