State workers’ compensation laws are ever-changing. Here’s what you need to know to stay up to date on workers’ compensation and paid leave laws in the Midwest.

Positive safety trends and new technologies are driving a pull away from traditional risk transfer as carriers work to adapt.

There are so many elements that go into a successful workers’ compensation program. Real trust that goes both ways is the glue that binds them all together.  

Extended full employment means that eventually, frequency and severity in workers’ compensation will rise.

When refining a return-to-work program, employers can often overlook this one, crucial element: The interactions medications have on their injured workers.

At NWCDC 2019, Risk & Insurance® sat down with Paradigm’s John Watts to discuss the company’s approach to catastrophic care and how it can be applied to other injuries.

At NWCDC 2019, Risk & Insurance® sat down with Optum’s David Young to discuss the company’s new technology platform and their plans for 2020.

At the close of NWCDC, an expert panel offered a spectrum of actionable advice for maximizing patient medical outcomes and targeting resources where they can do the most good.

At NWCDC’s ‘Applying an Injury-Specific Recovery Path to Resolve Complex Cases’, presenters honed in on the importance of open communication in helping rehabilitate injured workers and their physical and mental health. 

New laws and rapidly evolving employee needs are changing how employers execute and deliver disability and leave-of-absence programs.

At NWCDC 2019 mega-session ‘Disability Prevention: What’s Needed to Keep Routine Claims from Deteriorating’, Dr. Gary M. Franklin talks strategies that prevent acute pain from becoming long-term disability.

At Carisk, the company takes complex claims management to heart with their Pathways 2 Recovery program.

For workers’ comp program administrators, keeping up with constantly changing legislation is a hefty task. Here are a few key trends to get started.

A panel at the 2019 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference® & Expo titled “The Opioid Epidemic: Mitigating Employee Safety and Health Risks” drew audience attention to alternatives that are helping curb the crisis.

Ahead of NWCDC, The Alliance of Women in Workers’ Compensation held a workshop on the idea of change in the workplace.

Karen Reading, VP and managing director of Helmsman Management Services, recently sat down with R&I to discuss how remote technologies are impacting workers’ comp.

At NWCDC, panelists talked about establishing open communication with injured workers … and keeping it. 

At NWCDC 2019, U.S. Bank shared how they approach behavioral health after bank robberies.

Erica Fichter of Broadspire, a Crawford Company, details some of the top strategies used to get injured workers back to work and productivity.

It’s widely understood how biopsychosocial factors can impact claims. The challenge is understanding how to identify hidden barriers — and how to do it upfront while there’s still time to make a difference.