Continuing Care During COVID-19
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“Genex Works: Moving claims forward during COVID-19,” is a regular series designed to provide you with updates on how Genex is working with companies like yours to continue claims progression during this unprecedented time. We hope this series helps you better address claims challenges due to COVID-19 and provides continual assurance that your injured employees are receiving the services they need during this crisis.
As robots come to work, our tasks will include safety and quality
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Robots are coming for your job. That’s the thrust of much of the discussion around automation and work. While that might one day prove true for many of us, the more immediate consideration is that robots are coming to your job. This means as employers weave more automation into workplaces, they will need to further consider how workers and semi-autonomous machines interact.
Moving claims forward during COVID-19 - Guidelines
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In the face of a crisis, the workers’ comp community has historically pulled together to overcome whatever obstacle that’s come our way. Though the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with a similar challenge, rest assured that your partners at Genex Services are prepared to meet the needs of your workers’ comp program and your injured employees.
Meeting Your Needs Through Hurricane Florence
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As Hurricane Florence approaches the East Coast, we want you to know you will have access to Genex’s services at all times. We have initiated a disaster preparedness plan to ensure coverage for the injured workers and customers we serve.
Why Use Antidepressants to Treat Pain?
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Why use antidepressants to treat pain? The nation’s focus on the ongoing opioid epidemic and stricter guidelines on opioid prescribing has led to an increased utilization of non-opioid pain treatments in workers’ compensation. In a previous blog post, we looked at the use of anticonvulsants to treat pain because of their ability to create effective pain relief without the cravings, tolerance, or addiction issues that are typically associated with narcotics. Another therapeutic class commonly used to treat chronic pain is antidepressants, which may even be prescribed when depression is not a diagnosed condition for the injured worker.
Topical Medications in Workers' Compensation and Auto Casualty
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This article is part of our ongoing Quarterly Drug Update series. View our last article on gabapentinoids. Topical medications are an important part of care in the workers’ compensation and auto casualty industries, providing relief for patients in pain. In the past few years, the variety of available topical medications has increased, which has also driven up the number of prescriptions, particularly for new analgesic and local anesthetic drugs. While this variety allows for greater choice, many of the new branded medications are very expensive.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Workers’ Comp
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PTSD typically starts with exposure to a critical incident. In order to meet the definition of PTSD, symptoms must last 30 days or more and disrupts normal life pursuits. It results from violation of expectations, deeply held beliefs, core beliefs such as belief in a just and fair world, need to trust others, self-esteem-self efficacy, and need for predictable and safe world.