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Demystifying the MSA
The Medicare Set‑Aside (MSA) is often used by payers to fund future accident-related treatment in workers' comp settlements. However, because of the complex nature of the MSA, too often employers will go the MSA route when there are better options available. In today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, Deborah Robinson-Stewart helps demystify the MSA and offers insight on when payers should incorporate this tool.
How Service Impacts Claim Costs
The speed, costs and reliability of diagnostic services can seriously impact the progression of a claim, especially if the exams are hampered by poor customer service.
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.
Five Initial Evaluation Issues That May Delay Return to Work
When there’s a return to work delay, practitioners often look for problems that occurred during the course of treatment. However, as Mariellen Blue, Genex’s National Director of Case Management Services, tells us in today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, you may have to go back a little further in the recovery plan to find the answer. Check out the five reasons why the initial evaluation may be the culprit.
Sizing Up the Physical Demand Analysis
The workers’ comp industry is always searching for new ways to increase safety in the workplace. But there’s one tool that’s been available for quite some time that, if used more often, could go a long way to reaching this goal. On today’s Inside Workers’ Comp, Mike Milidonis, Ergonomics and Employer Services Manager at Genex, tells us about the physical demand analysis and how it can play a larger role in keeping workers healthy.
Do You Need a Medicare Set-Aside?
Workers' compensation payers are under increasing pressure to consider and protect Medicare's interests when settling claims. In this edition of Inside Workers’ Comp, Deborah Robinson Stewart, National Manager of Medicare Services at Genex, breaks down the basics of MSAs and offers insight of when they should be established.
Empowering Injured Workers
There’s been a lot of talk about injured worker advocacy and empowerment in workers’ compensation. But what exactly does that mean? Genex’s 2017 Heart of Case Management Award winner Lisa Armstrong, BSN, CRRN, RN-BC, has a few ideas to keep your injured workers invested in their own recovery.
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