This includes planning with the adjuster and CAT case manager on the successive services, equipment, and supplies the injured individual needs upon discharge.
Mental-health challenges present numerous hurdles for injured workers even in “normal” times. Now, because of the extraordinary fallout from the pandemic, it’s imperative to ensure that injured workers obtain access to high-quality mental-health assistance when it’s needed.
Telemedicine is growing in popularity for workers' compensation programs.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization.
The Texas Department of Insurance recently released its annual Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card. The 2020 Report Card includes medical cost and utilization measures for 10 workers’ compensation Networks (Health Care Networks and 504 - Political Subdivisions).
How are drugs priced? What drugs are the leading cause of price increases? What matters more - the drug or the utilization?
By Donna Bradshaw, Vice President IME Operations