Workers’ comp professionals are seeing delayed recovery as an increased challenge in claims – as injured employees may not be progressing along a medically reasonable and expected time frame. However, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly why the delay is occurring in order to address the issue. We may believe the injured employee is simply not complying with treatment and malingering.
On December 28, 2018, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that for PIP claims, insurance carriers must apply the claimant's deductible directly against
In 2018, the top 10 therapeutic classes accounted for 77.1% of all scripts and 81.0% of all costs.
Alternative therapies are mentioned often by participants in the workers compensation sector trying to manage injured workers' pain while shi
When employees injure themselves at work, a potentially lethal risk may ensue — they may be prescribed and become addicted to an opioid painkille
When employees injure themselves at work, a potentially lethal risk may ensue; they may be prescribed and become addicted to an opioid painkiller.
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