Most of us deal with sick and injured workers on a daily basis. At some point, daily tasks and deadlines take over and empathy takes a backseat.
Read here.Last month, workers’ compensation lost one of its most talented reporters and influencers as Roberto Ceniceros announced his retirement.
Nearly 20 percent of U.S. adults suffer from chronic pain. This is especially vital in the workers’ compensation world that is now asking, ‘are gabapentinoids the answer to that pain?’ Current increases in prescribing of gabapentinoids and the drugs’ less addictive qualities as compared to opioids may initially suggest so.
Destination care, centers of excellence, medical tourism, benefit driven travel and geographically recognized care centers – mean what exactly? And if the concept is quickly growing in popularity for group health patients, can it be applied for workers’ compensation claimants too?
While technology and automation have dominated the conversation in the insurance industry for the past few years, it is important that the property and casualty industry understands the importance of digitizing while maintaining the element of human touch in claims processing.
Updates to how injured workers can access care in the wake of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Puerto Rico.
