Field Strategies for Claims Success During COVID
It’s been two months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Our world has changed in many ways since then, but one thing that hasn’t is Genex field case managers’ commitment to move claims forward. In today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, we talk to Tim Howard, Senior Vice President of field case management, to discuss how his team is operating under restrictions and how he sees the process evolving as states start to open up.
For Coventry NT24 and Nurse Educators: It Takes a Village
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Continuing the Nurses Month celebration, we’d like to share personal stories about some of our nurses.
Field Case Management-A Matter of Life and Death
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Telemedicine is starting to be considered by some as an ideal treatment modality for coronavirus social distancing. However, what happens when true medical concerns don’t present well over a video monitor?
Introducing Networks 2.0: Part Two
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Treating those hurt on the job makes sense for other reasons as well. The injured worker isn’t responsible for paying a deductible or copay. This is becoming an evermore important differentiator. That’s because out-of-pocket costs can be difficult for patients to manage, especially as many are now expected to shoulder a larger share of the medical expense with the rise of high-deductible commercial plans.
Staying Connected During COVID-19
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We asked our Field Case Managers how they were staying connected to their injured workers and finding meaning and purpose during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their responses were more than we expected. It warmed our hearts and we were happy to gain a small insight into their lives. We’d like to share their moving and heartfelt video messages with you in a special installment of The Sounding Board blog.
Potential Drug Therapy Treatments for COVID-19: Impact on Workers’ Compensation
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As response to the COVID-19 pandemic shifts into new phases—parts of the United States are reopening and businesses and many states are considering how to get people back to work—scientists continue to research potential medications that could be used to treat the disease.
Year of the Nurse in High Definition
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Predicting the impact of health risks around the globe has been the World Health Organization’s (WHO) job since its inception more than 70 years ago. But when WHO officials announced 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife” it wasn’t based on a premonition that a pandemic would soon bring these unheralded caregivers to the forefront. Instead, it was prompted by the 200th birthday of modern nursing's mother, Florence Nightingale.