The Other Drug Issue - When Addiction is a Pre-Work Injury Problem
Addiction in workers’ comp has been a hot-button topic over the past decade, mostly due to the staggering number of injured workers who have become addicted and, in the more tragic cases, have succumbed to prescription opioids. Yet, the same level of attention hasn’t been given to another addiction issue, treating those injured employees whose struggles with drugs and alcohol predate their injury.
Have Five Times the Fun at RIMS19 - a User’s Guide
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RIMS heads north to Boston this year, and while spring in New England is a marvel of its own, attendees will have no problem filling their agendas for one of the industry’s biggest conferences.
Starbucks Coffee Company
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Genex Services: A Key Service Provider in an Award-winning Strategy “Genex’s dedicated nurse case management team has been instrumental in helping us improve outcomes, and their team
Risk & Insurance: Catastrophic Thinking Derails Injured Worker Recovery; Here's How to Manage It
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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.
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.
When Do You Need an MSA?
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.
3 Takeaways from WCRI
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WCRI’s recent annual conference delivered valuable research and insight on the current (and future) state of the industry.