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As workers’ compensation leaders prepare for the coming year, key trends in managed care programs are rapidly emerging. By proactively identifying and responding to these developments, leaders can significantly enhance long-term claims outcomes.
A car accident leads a nurse case manager down a spiral path.
Nurses with soft skills can significantly improve outcomes on complex claims.
One expert in workers’ comp law recounts some of the most interesting cases of the year.
We highlighted these sessions for today’s NWCDC attendees.
A progressive goal attainment program can help injured workers overcome psychosocial risk factors.
Models analyze variables at intake and afterward to identify claims that may become adverse.
Boeing is innovating to improve both its workers’ comp outcomes and the quality of health care delivered to its workers.
Quality assurance programs prevent talented claims adjusters and supervisors from jumping ship.
Reyes Holding dramatically overhauled its approach to absence management.
Risk Scenarios Live! explored what caused a claim to go off the rails.
Technology is helping to transform medical services, but employers and providers need to focus more on socioeconomic factors.
Tested solutions for the toughest challenges.
Teddy Award winners will be honored on Thursday at “Steal These Ideas! Award-Winning Employers Share Their Successes,” beginning at 8:30 a.m.
The Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation and Disability Management Award honors exceptional programs that innovate to produce the best results.
It may be time to combine workers’ comp medical care and group health care.
Pharmacy benefit managers are becoming a greater force in clinical case management, adapting to higher customer expectations.
Despite early promise, California’s provider networks haven’t sustained their power to lower workers’ comp medical costs.
Employers are increasingly interested in managing employee absences and medical costs across the occupational and nonoccupational spectrum.