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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Workers' Compensation Medical Price Index: Q2 2017
The National CPI for All Services as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in August 2017 is 120.9, which reflects a 1.7 percent decrease since Q1 2017. For the same period of time, Q1 2017 to Q2 2017, the National Workers’ Compensation MPI decreased 2.8 percent and as August 2017, sits at 110.7. Since Q1 2006, the MPI has increased 10.7 percent while the National CPI for All Services increased 20.9 percent.
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Settling In: A Q-and-A with Mitchell’s General Manager of Auto Physical Damage, Debbie Day
As the new Auto Physical Damage (APD) General Manager here at Mitchell, Debbie Day brings a fresh approach and big plans for continuing to empower better outcomes for our customers.
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Supporting Our Clients for 70 Years with Insurance Technology
Mitchell was founded in Glenn Mitchell’s garage 70 years ago. The world has changed a lot since 1946, and Mitchell has evolved right along with it.
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Taking a Position on Pre- and Post-Repair Vehicle Scanning
As vehicle complexity has increased exponentially in the last decade, collision repair diagnostics has taken center stage in the collision repair industry. With millions of lines of code, repairers must be prepared to fix a computer network on wheels. Read more about the Importance of Automotive Diagnostics in Collision Repair.
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The CDC and P&C: New Opioid Guidelines a Powerful Step in the Right Direction
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) newly established guidelines for the prescribing of opioids for chronic pain. These guidelines provide clear recommendations for treating physicians that prior to now have been ambiguous at best.
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The Compliance Corner: Opt-Out, an Alternative Workers' Compensation Model
Opt-out in the workers’ compensation world is 2016’s buzzword for deregulation of payment for workers’ compensation claims at the state level. Opt-out is an alternate compensation model for the injured worker whereby employers choose to opt-out of state regulated systems. It has been promoted in some states like Oklahoma and Texas.