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
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Opioids & Benzodiazepines...a Bad Mix?
There are certainly risks associated with combined use of an opioid and a benzodiazepine. Taking an opioid pain medication with other opioid medicines, benzodiazepines, alcohol, or other Central Nervous System (CNS) depressants (including street drugs) can cause severe drowsiness, decreased awareness, breathing problems, coma, and death. These risks occur because opioids and benzodiazepines affect the CNS, which controls most of the functions of the brain and body.
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StateWatch: Bill Review May/June 2019
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 bill review services Genex provides.
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StateWatch: Bill Review May/June 2019
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 bill review services Genex provides.
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Five Questions with Shahin Hatamian About the Future of Claims Automation
We sit down with Shahin Hatamian, SVP of Product Management and Strategy at Mitchell International, to discuss five ways that automation is currently impacting the Property & Casualty industry, and what is on the horizon for the future of claims management.
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How Managing Provider Data Can Make a Positive Impact on the Claims Process
As we’ve established in the first two articles in this series, provider data quality is an issue in the Property and Casualty industry that can be challenging to manage and maintain. Though it can be difficult, provider data management is a worthwhile project, since accurate provider data helps facilitate data-driven decision making, which can in-turn lead to improved efficiencies and outcomes for claims organizations.
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What Will Opioid Legislation do for Pharmacy and Opioid Risk Management?
In October 2018, Congress passed H.R.6, the “Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communitie