Starlene Enfield, M.Ed., CRC
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America's shifting workforce demographics, combined with health care policy changes, are fundamentally altering workers' compensation risk profiles and requiring insurers to adopt innovative strategies.
If you oversee claims, whether in workers’ compensation or auto casualty, you know the pressure: rising medical costs, extended recovery durations and increasing litigation can strain budgets, disrupt operations and threaten the trust you’ve worked hard to build. Every decision you make has a ripple effect on both financial performance and the well-being of the people involved.
Enlyte report reveals shifting prescription patterns in workers' compensation as pain management evolves.
For adjusters, understanding the tools used in post-surgical recovery can be key to evaluating treatment plans and costs. One increasingly used option—the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump—offers targeted pain management that can improve outcomes and reduce hospital stays. But when is it appropriate, and what should you watch for in the claim file?
Functional restoration programs can help select injured workers, but CWCI data shows FRP claims average over $234,000 and start nearly 800 days into a claim. Tight utilization review, guideline alignment, and early intervention are essential to approve the right cases and control costs.
Mitchell and Gerber Collision & Glass, one of the largest multi-site operators (MSOs) in North America, today jointly announced that they have signed a multi-year enterprise licensing agreement. The agreement gives all current and future Gerber repair centers access to Mitchell Cloud Estimating with Integrated Repair Procedures and the company’s Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) calculator.