As we wrap up our Inside Workers’ Comp series for the year, we thought we’d leave you with a positive podcast — a bonus extra from our inspirational case study video: “Phoenix Rising: Changing Course After Tragedy.” In this exclusive interview, former flight paramedic Derek Boehm goes into extensive detail about his daring rescue on a mountain cliff after a helicopter crash, the psychological challenges he faced in coping with the loss of his flight partners and the Genex case manager who guided him on his road to recovery.
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Impact of Masks on the Deaf Community
While everyone has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or another, the deafblind community has been affected in a detrimental way that most people may not have considered. With the already existing communication challenges, wearing masks has added yet another complicated barrier to communication between hearing and hearing impaired, hard of hearing, deaf and deafblind people.
CEO Alex Sun Introduces Mitchell’s 2nd Quarter 2020 Industry Trends Report
Mitchell leaders report on the impact of COVID-19, the resulting operational and regulatory changes and current industry data trends.
Webinar: Five Tips to Prevent Remote Employee Injuries
Working from home shouldn't be painful,
Opioid Trends Continue to Decline in 2019
First Script saw continued decreasing opioid trends across our retail and mail-order programs in 2019, even while overall prescription trends saw a slight upward shift in utilization per claim and cost per claim. Even with these changes, opioids remain the #1 therapeutic class by usage and cost, however, 2019 marked the largest reduction of the last 5 years in the percentage of opioid scripts with greater than or equal to 90 MED.
COVID-19 P&C Industry Update: Regulations, Telemedicine, Access to Care and Testing
Over the past few months, the property and casualty industry has experienced an unprecedented number of changes in a short period of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a slew of regulatory updates and working remotely to fluctuations in claim frequency and severity, the industry is continuing to change and adapt every day to eventually end up at our “new normal.” COVID-19 regulatory changes, telemedicine, access to care and COVID-19 testing have been dominating the conversations on webinars, news media and internal operations for over the past few months. Let’s take a closer look at these four specific topics.
Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q1 2020
The quarterly LOR summary is produced by Greg Horn, Chief Innovation Officer for PartsTrader. Length of Rental Data provided by Enterprise. Enterprise provides collision repair facilities with free cycle time reporting with market comparisons, free text/email capability to update their customers on vehicle repair status, and online reservations.