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Protecting your employees, the physicians and you.

A Unique Solution to a Serious Problem

Why We Need to Better Manage Opioids

“ In all likelihood, hundreds of claimants are dying every year as a direct result of opioid abuse.”

- Joe Paduda, Work Comp Central“The rate of chronic non-medical use of prescription opioids has increased by 74.6% since 2003.”

- CM Jones, Arch Intern Med

“Prescription drug abuse results in one death every 19 minutes in the United States.”

- drugfree.org

Opioid Abuse = Epidemic

The Center for Disease Control calls opioid abuse an “epidemic”.

The cost of this epidemic:

• Thousands of lost work hours• Millions of dollars on medical expenses• Loss of life

Modern Medical’s Solution

Revolutionary manage care program

Helps reduce inappropriate drug use

Protect claimants by monitoring prescriptions and use

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The key benefit lies in our mission to protect the injured employee.

Claimant Centered Approach

• ODM™ is designed to be claimant centered, focusing on prevention.

• The pharmacist, nurse and prescriber work together to ensure appropriate use of opioid and monitors potential abuse.

Nurse Intervention

• Proactively monitor claimant’s use of opioids

• Review physician reports

• Track progress reports, pain agreements and outcomes

• Customizable

• Same alerts and reports whether using Modern Medical’s nurse or your own nurse

Technology Driving ODM™

Prescriber intervention program working with ODM™ alerts to identify and address issues with opioid and other inappropriate drug use.

Claims management web portal where adjusters can review ODM™ claimants, set alerts and take actions.

Used by Modern Medical’s staff to track outcomes for pain, function, opioid use, adverse effects, urine drug screens and pain agreements.

For additional information on Opioid Defense Manager™, contact Modern Medical at:

(800) 547-3330modernmedical.com