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2021 Workers’ Comp Predictions: COVID-19 Effects, Automation and More

… the industry put an increased focus on detecting fraud as the pandemic continues. “Fraud is top of mind right now for carriers. COVID-19 is still fairly new in our world, so detecting fraud …
Podcast

Work Comp Guidelines for COVID-19

… expanded this so much more and we were very grateful that we reworked our plans and got on top of this as quickly as we did. …
News Release

Advanced Driver-Assistance System Trends and Challenges

… equipped most of their vehicles with AEB, [5] including the Chevy Malibu which earned an IIHS Top Safety Pick + Award when equipped with the Low Speed Forward Automatic Braking system. With …
Podcast

Five Initial Evaluation Issues That May Delay Return to Work

… : OK, so let’s get into your top five reasons why the initial evaluation may result in delayed return to work. The first one …
Article

The New CDC Opioid Guidelines
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Tame the Chaos: How to Use Data to Bring Structure to Claims

… surgery or things along that line as well allows both organizations to really stay on top of what's happening here.     …
Article

The Future of Technology in Work Comp: 2020 Survey Results

… organizations solve many of these goals. Q1 2020 In our 2017 survey , telemedicine came out on top, but with a much larger plurality (45%). Artificial intelligence came in second in the 2017 …
Podcast

Restoring Lives: How Heart of Case Management Award Winners Make a Difference

… of the restroom door and had a laceration from scalp to forehead that went almost down to the top of her eyebrow on that side. So, they sent her to the emergency room. She was treated there. … average person is oblivious to all of that and it can all be overwhelming in and of itself on top of an overwhelming health situation and an overwhelming job situation. So, to be able to be …
Article

Outsourcing Your Medical Bill Review Process: A Comprehensive Guide

… has put a lot of pressure on workers’ compensation and auto casualty claims organizations’ top and bottom lines, which, in turn, has caused many companies to adjust their operating models …
Podcast

The Truth About Mental Health and Claim Costs

… to look at putting those stressors that we are all experiencing today around the pandemic on top of that. People are also feeling isolated, they may have additional stressors around …
Podcast

Getting Behavioral Health Out of the Claims Blind Spot

… you still have that physical component in play here. So, you add behavioral health layered on top of things like pain or sleep disruption, medications risks and side effects, and that delayed …
Podcast

A Closer Look at California MPNs

… the California fee schedule. An additional contractual relations discount that are taken on top of that fee schedule which they feel, at times, impacts their practice negatively. The …
Article

2019 CMS Medicare Payments: Proposed Changes and What They Mean for P&C Insurers

… In the P&C industry, E/M services control the top 15 procedure codes utilized, and could have a greater impact on providers in casualty from a …
Article

StateWatch Early Spring 2017

… . The following top five leading causes of disabling injury in the workplace accounted for 63.8 percent of the …
Article

StateWatch Early Spring 2017

… . The following top five leading causes of disabling injury in the workplace accounted for 63.8 percent of the …
Podcast

The PAID Act is Coming to Medicare—Are You Ready?

… I think the top thing is to know that they will have to access this new information through the query …
Podcast

Is Your Workplace Safe2Work?

… to help the employee come back faster. That is why we decided to build the Safe2Work app on top of that and add it into this very robust system for trackability and ability to actually …
Article

2020 in Hindsight: Clinical Trends and Predictions

… topicals increased an average of 379%. The largest price increase for a topical within the top 20 topical medications was for a combination cream of nystatin and triamcinolone, which …
Article

The State of Third Party Auto: Claim Costs, Consistency and a New Generation of Adjusters

… only are all of these different factors driving third party claim costs on their own, but on top of that, providers are charging auto carriers at a higher rate than they are charging other …
Podcast

Boosting Comp Outcomes Through Case Management-Physical Therapy Collaboration

… if there is case management involved, or if not, could alert the adjuster so it’s at the top of their desk, not the bottom of the pile and they could then consider adding additional …
Podcast

Safe at Home: Managing the Provider Shortage in Home Health

… focused on ensuring that we’re attracting that talent and retaining it. All those things are top of mind for Apricus, and we’re here to partner with our clients to deliver the very best in a …
Article

Macro Signals: Workers’ Compensation and Personal Auto

… shows that auto insurers are also on top of liability loss trends. Strong favorable reserve development at around 2% of earned premium …
Article

StateWatch Summer 2017

… Evaluation of the Utilization and Cost Patterns of Compounded Drugs” also determined the top five dispensing pharmacies based on number of prescriptions accounted for 86 percent of all …
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StateWatch Summer 2017

… Evaluation of the Utilization and Cost Patterns of Compounded Drugs” also determined the top five dispensing pharmacies based on number of prescriptions accounted for 86 percent of all …
Podcast

Exploring the Psych Effects of COVID and Emergence of PTSD in Comp

… using to track all of us [laughs]. There’s just a lot out there that needs to be addressed on top of the general fears that anybody might have with a new medication or a vaccine in general. …
Podcast

Purveyors of Hope: Case Management Award Winners Help Injured Employees Defy Odds

… Wow. So, on top of this catastrophic injury, the fire destroyed their home. So, they were pretty much …