Just like the novel coronavirus itself, the emergence of so-called long COVID has surprised both the patients who couldn’t shake their symptoms and the clinicians who have struggled to provide effective treatments. Now, as the U.S. looks to move past the pandemic, there remain unanswered questions about how this fallout from the virus might hamper some workers and for how long. These uncertainties could have important implications for workers’ compensation. By some measures, one in four patients who get COVID-19—even those with mild or asymptomatic cases—will experience subsequent symptoms that range from muscle and nerve pain to breathing difficulties to anxiety and depression. The scope of the challenge will require providers and employers to better understand the nature of the conditions, their origins, and the best paths for treatment. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn more about long COVID and the implications for workers and employers.
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Ask almost anyone what’s wrong with health care in the U.S. and you’re likely to hear about runaway costs. The other common refrain is that for all we spend as a country, the results, too often, are only lackluster. One hoped-for remedy to the nation’s health care ills is so-called value-based contracting. This involves paying a fixed amount for a procedure—and for the results—rather than paying for each CPT code or procedure performed. Value-based scenarios are drawing more interest in group health. But how this setup would unfold in workers’ compensation remains less clear due to the industry environment.
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