A new contract will provide the Department of Labor with tracking and alert tools to better manage medications prescribed under its workers compensation program.
U.S. Postal Service employees account for approximately 48 percent of federal employee opioid prescription costs under the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program.
Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s drug czar, has withdrawn from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government’s authority to stop companies from distributing opioids.