Medicare to Begin Using Center for Disease Control (CDC) 2015 Life Tables
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CMS has indicated that beginning January 5, 2019, they will convert to using the CDC’s “Table 1: Life Table for the total population: United States, 2015“ for the Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Aside life expectancy calculations.
Medicare proposed rulemaking and enhancements to the MSP Recovery Portal
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Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization. This regulatory update is for informational purposes only, and provides some key highlights on state initiatives that may impact the Medicare Set-Aside services Genex provides. CMS has been extremely busy this December.
Personalized Comp-the Starbucks Way
Once again, industry leaders will soon gather in Las Vegas to share ideas at the National Workers’ Comp and Disability Conference. Among those will be winners of the prestigious Teddy Awards for workers’ comp and disability management. On today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, we welcome Steve Legg, director of risk management, and Noreen Olson, manager of claims, who were instrumental in developing Starbucks’ Teddy Award winning workers’ compensation protocol, and Genex’s Ann Marie Klotz, who will address the case management component of the program.
Are You Thankful for Workers’ Comp? 2018
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It’s time for a listener favorite, the annual Inside Workers’ Comp Thanksgiving special edition
Kids’ Chance: An Extension of a Giving Industry
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To the general public, workers’ compensation is often seen as a large government institution more than an effective health care system designed to improve the welfare of injured workers. Far too often, those in our industry are not credited with the tremendous good we do in helping millions of individuals injured in the workplace return to a functional lifestyle and keeping businesses operational.
Kids’ Chance: An Extension of a Giving Industry
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To the general public, workers’ compensation is often seen as a large government institution more than an effective health care system designed to improve the welfare of injured workers.
Kids’ Chance: Why it Matters
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It’s Kids’ Chance Awareness Week and today we’re celebrating this life-changing organization by speaking with Melissa Potteiger, Genex area sales manager and Kids’ Chance ambassador.