While we gather around the table on Thursday, many of us will give thanks for the blessings in our lives. Will workers’ comp be among them? In this edition of Inside Workers’ Comp, we asked industry experts Chikita Mann, Mark
While we gather around the table on Thursday, many of us will give thanks for the blessings in our lives. Will workers’ comp be among them? In this edition of Inside Workers’ Comp, we asked industry experts Chikita Mann, Mark
With the end of 2019 rapidly approaching, it is only natural to start thinking about the year ahead. We took a look at our data from the past three years and started to forecast what we expect to see in the year ahead. The wave of complexity in the automotive industry shows no signs of slowing down, and that means additional pressures on claims costs in the coming year. The following are three predictions for what we expect to be in store for the automotive claims industry in 2020.
This article is authored by guest blogger, Deborah Robinson Stewart, National Manager of Medicare Set-Asides, Genex Services. In its simplest form, the Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) is a pool of funding reserved for future accident-related treatment once a workers’ compensation case is settled. However, because of its complex nature, some employers will go the MSA route when there are better options available, or they’ll incorrectly believe a settlement agreement will cover these expenses and decide not to pursue.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization. This regulatory update is for informational purposes only, and provides some key highlights on state initiatives that may impact the Medicare Set-Aside services Genex provides.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization.
Glass claims have grown increasingly complex over the past few years, and it appears that even more complexity lies ahead.
The Texas Department of Insurance recently released its annual Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card. The 2019 Report Card includes medical cost and utilization measures for 17 workers’ compensation health care networks (HCNs), including the Coventry HCN, First Health HCN, and several other HCNs supported by Coventry. Various measures were calculated for injuries occurring between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.