This includes planning with the adjuster and CAT case manager on the successive services, equipment, and supplies the injured individual needs upon discharge.
Does your pharmacy program have strategies in place to manage physician dispensed medications, such as dermatologicals and other high-cost products?
Data analysis by Aarthi Thiruvengadam. As the COVID-19 pandemic goes on, the workers’ compensation industry is still continuing to manage changing claim patterns and trends.
Post-COVID conditions is the CDC term used to describe health issues that persist more than four weeks after a person is first infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The exact cause of and risk factors for developing post-COVID conditions are not yet fully understood.
When it comes to networks, our recipe for success starts with provider engagement, access, quality, and compliance. For more than 40 years, Coventry has been cooking up strong provider relationships.
The average number of baby boomers who retire from the U.S. work force has been slowly growing over the last 10 years, as the population that “boomed” after the second world war have reached retirement age. But 2020 saw a big jump in the retirement rate, according to Pew Research Center, with over 3 million more people retiring than in 2019. Some workers left the labor force by choice; others were forced into early retirement.
People suffering with lingering symptoms after having COVID-19 may be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act.