We haven’t reached mid-year 2019, and the United States has already experienced several severe weather events, including a polar vortex and many hail storms in the Midwest, massive flooding in the Northern Plains, and heavy El Niño rains in California.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization.
Kaiser Health News reported that doctors in a growing number of states are now required to offer a prescription for overdose antidote naloxone at the same time opioids are prescribed under certain circumstances, a development that could add to the growth in naloxone prescriptions in workers’ comp.
When components involved in repairs of vehicles are connected to each other, the consumer is more likely to be protected from any oversight in the repair process that could compromise safety.
Just one poor claims experience will lead more than 30 percent of customers to switch carriers within a year of the incident. How can insurers improve satisfaction during the claims process, make customers’ lives easier and reduce churn?
WCRI’s recent annual conference delivered valuable research and insight on the current (and future) state of the industry.
Pricing for prescription drugs is a topic of much discussion. Combination drugs are often under scrutiny as a common practice for manufacturers to create new brand medications. While these combination drugs are effective, they may be more expensive and no more effective than their separate generic components that typically come at a significantly lower Average Wholesale Price (AWP).