Insights
Destination Care
5 MIN READ
Destination care, centers of excellence, medical tourism, benefit driven travel and geographically recognized care centers – mean what exactly? And if the concept is quickly growing in popularity for group health patients, can it be applied for workers’ compensation claimants too?
The Power of Technology Enabled Services: Balancing Technology with the Human Touch
2 MIN READ
While technology and automation have dominated the conversation in the insurance industry for the past few years, it is important that the property and casualty industry understands the importance of digitizing while maintaining the element of human touch in claims processing.
WHY USE ANTICONVULSANTS TO TREAT PAIN?
2 MIN READ
A fuller awareness of the risks, costs, and consequences of opioid medication use in clinical pain management is growing, and the search for safe, effective, and affordable alternatives to them has taken on new urgency. The quest for opioid alternatives that offer a measure of effective analgesia (without craving, tolerance, and addiction) is taking on an increased priority in discovery laboratories and across the ranks of practicing clinicians and other health care professionals. Beyond new discovery, another potential source of such alternatives is in reevaluating existing medications approved for pain as well as those approved for other uses that may also hold promise for use as analgesics.
Michigan Auto No-Fault Reform: History and Overview
Michigan recently passed Senate Bill 1, along with a variety of other legislation, that together will overhaul the Michigan auto no-fault system. The new regulations will allow for new policy limit options in Michigan, as well as mandate a new auto no-fault fee schedule, ultimately having a major impact on the auto casualty insurance market in Michigan. In this article, I will walk you through the history of auto insurance in Michigan and provide an overview of the new Michigan no-fault reform regulations.
Michigan Auto No-Fault Reform: What You Need to Know About the Fee Schedule
As Michigan continues its historic auto no-fault reform, one of the most critical aspects for insurance carriers to be aware of is the new fee schedule, which will go into effect in 2021. Below, we’ve outlined the high-level details to explain how the new Michigan auto fee schedule will work and what carriers need to know now based on our current understanding of the bill.
In Workers’ Comp, the Topics We Talk about Will Continue to Broaden in 2020
2 MIN READ
When thinking about the future, one often looks back, determines what might not have been accomplished and adds things that haven’t been attempted. In workers’ comp, it can often feel like we deal with the same challenges over and over and are disappointed that things aren’t moving fast enough. Some topics have been mainstays in the industry. Think of opioid use, misuse, and abuse; return-to-work programs; ergonomics and safety; new and improved approaches to case management.
2019 Recap
3 MIN READ
As we wrap up the year, we’d like to thank everyone who supported The Sounding Board blog in 2019. The official launch took place in July and since then we have shared 47 posts.