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Risk & Insurance: Catastrophic Thinking Derails Injured Worker Recovery; Here's How to Manage It
Delayed recovery is a challenge coming to the forefront of workers' comp. It's defined as a lack of anticipated functional recovery in a medically reasonable period of time.
How Diagnostics Improve the Auto Insurance Claim Process
Fifty years ago all that you needed to fix a dented vehicle was a hammer and dolly. Flash-forward to today. With an excess of 75 computers and 100 sensors and cameras in complex vehicles, even the most basic collision repairs are more complicated and costly than ever before.
Physician Dispensing and Opioid Abuse: Drug Dilemma Prevention Strategies
When it comes to challenges in workers’ compensation pharmacy, the industry trends are surprisingly similar year after year. Over the past few years, the issues of physician dispensing and opioid abuse have been in the national spotlight.
Physician Dispensing and Opioid Abuse: Drug Dilemma Prevention Strategies
Learn how physician dispensing and opioid abuse are impacting workers' compensation and how states and the industry are working to combat these issues.
More States Pass Opioid Prescribing Limit Laws—Congress Also Weighs In
As opioid-related deaths continue to plague states across the country, more states are looking to limit prescribing of opioids for acute pain.
Health Literacy’s Impact on Delayed Recovery
Workers’ comp professionals are seeing delayed recovery as an increased challenge in claims – as injured employees may not be progressing along a medically reasonable and expected time frame.