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Silver Linings in 2020 [Video]

… risk managers are facing intense pressure to identify impactful ways to improve their bottom line. Opportunities include automation, outsourcing administrative tasks, proactive clinical and …
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A Virtual Silver Lining: The Pandemic's Boost to Telemedicine
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A virtual silver lining: the pandemic’s boost to telemedicine
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Must Analytics in Workers’ Comp Reach the ‘Finish Line?’ Here’s Where It Can Come Together to Manage Risk
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Must Analytics in Workers’ Comp Reach the ‘Finish Line?’ Here’s Where It Can Come Together to Manage Risk
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Harness the Power of Case Management to Succeed in the Year Ahead

… How will 2021 industry trends affect case management delivery and your bottom line? … these challenges while managing return-to-work outcomes and keeping workers' comp costs in line. Download our complimentary insight paper to learn more about how case managers provide the … needed to keep the injured employee on the path to recovery and help impact your bottom line. Download Now …
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Webcast: Workers’ Compensation Legislation Addressing Essential Workers Affected by COVID-19

… Here are the major issues facing the workers’ compensation industry in relation to front line workers and COVID-19. … by COVID-19. Presumption laws state that a person’s injury is presumed to be caused by their line of work and therefore should be compensable. Typically, presumptions do not include … the common cold or flu, since it is extremely difficult to prove these arose from a person’s line of work. However, states are taking a different approach to COVID-19. Several states, …
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Claims Automation: Separating Fact From Fiction

… Claims automation. Touchless estimating. Straight-through processing (STP). These topics are top of mind for auto insurers looking to improve efficiency, reduce settlement time and enhance … Just a few years ago, AI was at the top of the technology trends list, giving the auto insurance sector high hopes in its ability to …
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Audit, Audit, Audit: Why You Should Further Scrutinize Workers’ Compensation Bills

… can take many shapes and forms but the essence of an audit is to review and verify that every line item is billed correctly and accurately. Since the complex factors to consider are numerous, … which frequently causes denials and long processing times. For example, you could get one line item for implants with 17 units billed for 17 different implants. That can make it very … still charge the same price for the procedure, but they also list those additional items as line times – essentially asking for payment for supplies and drugs twice. It can be difficult to …
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Taking a Position on Pre- and Post-Repair Vehicle Scanning

… Source:  oemonestop.com/position-statements   Bottom line, if you’re in the business of collision repair, you’re now in the vehicle diagnostic …
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ODG Updates Muscle Relaxant Formulary

… optimal drug utilization. The ODG Drug Formulary designates drugs that are preferred, first line treatments as “Y” and those that are not as “N” or not recommended as first line treatments for an illness or injury. States and payers that use the formulary may require …
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Workers' Comp: The Next Major Data Breach Target?

…  - Is workers' compensation next in line to suffer a major data security breach? Security experts with Genex Services, a leading …
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Current Used Vehicle Market Conditions: Q3 2022

… can be gained by holding constant for auction sale type, model-year age and mileage (the upper line in the following graph), as well as price trends for all vehicles sold (the lower line in the graph below). Prices continued to fall for both groups from their spring/tax-refund seasonal peaks, although the drop for the late-model units shown in the top line has been more precipitous.  Kontos-Kommentary-Sept-Oct-2022 A spreadsheet with …
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Mitchell Releases Integrated Repair Procedures Now with Three Levels of Integration

… estimators and technicians to see the exact repair procedures that relate to a specific line on the estimate. The third layer of integration adds a Table of Contents option, so that the … proper and safe repair, and challenged them to make OE procedures available at the estimate line level. For further collision repair and property casualty industry updates and perspectives, …
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Delphia B. Frisch
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WorkersCompensation.com: Beyond the Cookie Cutter

… members a little story on Tuesday about how one of her teenagers enjoys a song with a catchy line, “…Walk the Talk.” Yes, you read that right… Continue reading …
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A Day One Approach

… learn more about how SAW/RTW programs can accelerate recovery and improve an employer’s bottom line. Download Now …
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Motoring Toward Recovery

… Case managers will often tell you they “see miracles happen” in their line of work. What many don’t tell you, however, is the vital role they play in helping workers … An automotive manufacturer employee was test driving a car off the assembly line when the brakes failed. The man jumped out to avoid crashing into a wall, but sustained a …
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A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way: The Case Manager as Advocate

… is a key component to successful recovery and return-to-work. Case Managers are on the front line when it comes to establishing trust, engaging the injured worker and providing support …
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Phoenix Rising: Changing Course After Tragedy

… flight paramedic in Phoenix, AZ, Derek Boehm’s job was to rescue those whose lives were on the line in emergency situations. That role reversed one afternoon when he and his crewmates crashed …
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Prescription and Private Label Topical Trends in 2019

… Topicals are being prescribed in workers’ comp with growing frequency, ranking 2nd among the top therapeutic classes at 15.9% of total drug cost and representing 5.7% of total prescriptions. … limited clinical efficacy and exorbitant pricing that often eliminates them as favorable first-line therapy options. These and other challenges call for careful oversight that includes …
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Prescription and Private Label Topical Trends in 2018

… clinical efficacy and exorbitant pricing that often eliminates them as a favorable first-line therapy option. These and other challenges call for careful oversight that includes …
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New Mitchell Solution Automatically Populates Collision Estimates with Recommended ADAS Operations -
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New Mitchell Solution Automatically Populates Collision Estimates with Recommended ADAS Operations
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Current Used Vehicle Market Conditions: Q1 2024

… can be gained by holding constant for auction sale type, model-year age and mileage (the upper line in the following graph, which represents “Late-Model” units), as well as price trends for … vehicles sold (the lower line in the graph below). Wholesale Market Trend As the graph shows, average prices for … types, along with the same total auction average prices shown earlier in this report. The EV line displays the same general return towards market price trends that I described for the Tesla …
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Kate Farley-Agee
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Case Study: Food and Beverage

… 28-year-old line cook sustained first- and second-degree burns to hand, wrist and forearm. 10pain-fb.png …
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Genex's Patricia McFall Wins Case in Point Platinum Award

… sustained a significant workplace injury when a ladder he was positioning hit an electrical line, sending … throughout North America. The company serves 381 of the Fortune 500 companies as well as the top workers' compensation and disability carriers and third-party administrators in the U.S. In …