Insights
Go Paperless: Digitizing the Claims Payment Process
On-Demand
3 MIN READClaims organizations continue to build and enhance their global digitization strategies, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Making Telemedicine Work for the Tech Deficient
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When a claimant doesn’t have the right technology for a telemedicine appointment, claim and treatment delays ensue. But, in a pandemic world, what can be done to prevent it?
Impact of Masks on the Deaf Community
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While everyone has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in one way or another, the deafblind community has been affected in a detrimental way that most people may not have considered. With the already existing communication challenges, wearing masks has added yet another complicated barrier to communication between hearing and hearing impaired, hard of hearing, deaf and deafblind people.
Webinar: Five Tips to Prevent Remote Employee Injuries
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1 MIN READWorking from home shouldn't be painful, yet as more employees transition to remote work du
Opioid Trends Continue to Decline in 2019
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First Script saw continued decreasing opioid trends across our retail and mail-order programs in 2019, even while overall prescription trends saw a slight upward shift in utilization per claim and cost per claim. Even with these changes, opioids remain the #1 therapeutic class by usage and cost, however, 2019 marked the largest reduction of the last 5 years in the percentage of opioid scripts with greater than or equal to 90 MED.
COVID-19 P&C Industry Update: Regulations, Telemedicine, Access to Care and Testing
Over the past few months, the property and casualty industry has experienced an unprecedented number of changes in a short period of time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a slew of regulatory updates and working remotely to fluctuations in claim frequency and severity, the industry is continuing to change and adapt every day to eventually end up at our “new normal.” COVID-19 regulatory changes, telemedicine, access to care and COVID-19 testing have been dominating the conversations on webinars, news media and internal operations for over the past few months. Let’s take a closer look at these four specific topics.
Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q1 2020
The quarterly LOR summary is produced by Greg Horn, Chief Innovation Officer for PartsTrader. Length of Rental Data provided by Enterprise. Enterprise provides collision repair facilities with free cycle time reporting with market comparisons, free text/email capability to update their customers on vehicle repair status, and online reservations.