Clinical Blogs

myMatrixx Clinical Account Executive Shanea McKinney is a regular speaker for RIMS, the risk management society, and their Professional Exchange of Risk Knowledge, or PERK, program.

Featured in the NWCDC CompTalk series, Phil’s newest presentation is “Risky Business: the Journey of Fentanyl from Licit to Illicit Drug,” offering a wide-ranging history of both the pharmacology of the drug and its path to becoming one of the world’s most dangerous illegal substances

myMatrixx Director of Clinical Pharmacy, Michael Nguyen PharmD, has a new article on WorkersCompensation.com’s regular Expert’s View feature discussing the importance of early engagement in behavioral health for injured workers.

In a new article for Risk & Insurance, myMatrixx Director of Clinical Pharmacy, Michael Nguyen, and Chief Clinical Officer, Phil Walls, discuss the importance of addressing behavioral health issues in workers compensation claims.

When the COVID-19 pandemic became a serious concern all the way back in March, businesses had to find a way to adapt. Since it is abundantly clear that this is in no way a short-term problem, it is all the more critical to start to look back and analyze some of the data from the earlier months. ...

As claims age, the percentage of spend for prescription drugs increases. Further, as claims age, the likelihood that the injured worker becomes a Medicare beneficiary as a result of age or disability increases. The result, high prescription drug costs allocated in the Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) become...

The opioid epidemic has become a national public health problem. Although, the opioid epidemic is being addressed nationally and drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% from 2017 to 2018, still more than 67,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, and almost 70% involved a prescription or illicit opioid....

New Express Scripts Research Examines Americans' Use of Mental Health Medications While COVID-19 makes its monumental mark on the world's health and economy, new research from Express Scripts reveals it is also making a significant impact on our mental health. According to the research, the number...

When I graduated from pharmacy school over forty years ago I had a vision for a future of pharmacy where pharmacists were recognized and compensated for their knowledge of medication as opposed to the dispensing of medication, and I am very proud of the fact that today, at myMatrixx, I have dozens...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a MedWatch Safety Alert regarding serious concerns around the use of gabapentinoids and the risk of serious breathing problems for patients who have respiratory risk factors, as well as those utilizing opioids or any other medications...