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.
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Care Management: Empowering Knowledge For Case Managers and Those They Serve
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Workers' Compensation Medical Price Index: Q1 2018
The National Consumer Price Index, or CPI, for All Services, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2018, was 124.14, which reflects a 0.6 percent increase since Q3 2017 and further eliminates the decrease experienced in the Q1 2017 results.
Auto Casualty Medical Price Index: Q1 2018
The National Consumer Price Index, or CPI, for All Services, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2018, was 124.14, which reflects a 0.6 percent increase since Q3 2017 and further eliminates the decrease experience seen in Q1 2017.
Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q1 2018
Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q1 2018 Average Length of Rental (LOR) for Q1 2018 landed at 12.5 days in the United States, an increase of .4 days compared to Q1 2017. This represents a return to the consistent upward trends generated throughout 2015 and 2016 after a largely fat 2017 Once again, there was very little consistency between regions and states, suggesting that the quarterly result for the U.S. is not reflective of a genuine national trend.
Total Loss: Q1 2018
The chart below illustrates the total loss data for both vehicle age and actual cash value of total loss vehicles processed through Mitchell servers.