In addition to updating job descriptions and assessing accommodations, employers should track cases of COVID and Long COVID, whether that means monitoring information from insurance companies or using an in-house method.
Milliman’s Mike Paczolt discusses an AI-based claims solution that uses group health benchmarking data to help workers’ comp payers and TPAs reduce costs and get injured workers the targeted care they need — faster.
Experts in the medical and pharmaceutical management spaces have studied the issue of health care apps as the number of them have grown, and learned that the more specific an app is, the better.
Suicide risk in workers’ compensation claims is not something we can shy away from. It’s time to start asking the right questions and getting injured workers the care they need.
Data-capturing technology can help management teams evaluate the safety of nearly every workplace and, in the process, predict and prevent worker injuries.
When this worker is the victim of gun violence, his status as an employee versus a contracted worker comes into question. Will he receive workers’ comp benefits for his paralyzing injury?
Why does it appear that injuries sustained outside of work have more positive outcomes than the same injuries sustained on the job? There might be evidence in the physiology of humans that workers’ comp can not overlook.
Knowing how age and mental health affect an injured worker’s need for physical therapy can help employers develop plans for a recovery roadmap and its impact on their resources.
This Aon broker shares how rising inflation is affecting workers’ comp and how she works with clients to use data to drive custom claims management solutions.
Treating mental health in workers’ compensation claims can be tricky, particularly when we look at what individual states allow. But with a workers’ comp advocacy support system in place, these claims can be addressed long before potential litigation.
The Aon broker talks about technology’s impact on worker ergonomics, the pandemic’s long-term effects and other trends to watch in the workers’ compensation space.
COVID-positive workers’ comp claims can get complicated with undetected underlying conditions, but having a knowledgeable case manager can make all the difference.
After years of tightening limits, new federal guidelines are giving doctors greater leeway in prescribing opioids. Workers’ comp experts dive in to see how this could impact the industry.
Pushing past psychosocial barriers to injury recovery often takes a more strategic approach to communication with all stakeholders. Understand how effective communication, early identification, and a multi-disciplinary approach are crucial for managing psychosocial barriers to recovery.
Claims handlers and clinical staff must take control of claims, and execs have to give them the tools, authority, responsibility and accountability to do just that.