Topical creams are becoming part of the mix of pain treatment options as doctors look for alternatives to addictive opioids.
Telemedicine is growing in popularity for workers' compensation programs.
Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization.
The Texas Department of Insurance recently released its annual Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card. The 2020 Report Card includes medical cost and utilization measures for 10 workers’ compensation Networks (Health Care Networks and 504 - Political Subdivisions).
How are drugs priced? What drugs are the leading cause of price increases? What matters more - the drug or the utilization?
By Donna Bradshaw, Vice President IME Operations
When environmental calamities unspool their destruction, we often focus on the numbers—acres burned, wind speeds, height of floodwaters. The coming years are likely to draw into focus another metric: workers injured by natural disasters.