Telemedicine is growing in popularity for workers’ compensation programs. See how Starbucks successfully integrated telemedicine into its program to benefit its workforce.

As the industry approaches a looming talent crisis, workers’ comp payers might be asking themselves how can they attract more frontline claims professionals to the industry. 

Workers’ comp payers have long been following the legalization of medical marijuana. Now several ballot measures have legalized medicinal and recreational forms of the drug.

When embracing empathic curiosity in workers’ comp, we gain a better understanding of what is really going on with the injured employee.

Injured workers may try to delay treatment over fears that they will contract COVID-19. Nurse case managers can help keep them on track.

As the pandemic continues to effect every workplace, the need to treat every employee as essential is now more important than ever. 

A recent NCCI article looks at outlier COVID-19 claims and what they could mean for workers’ comp.

When COVID-19 shut down Chicago schools in March, the city’s chief risk officer acted quickly to protect city workers.

In a regulation created by OSHA, employers are not technically required to report COVID-19 cases or outbreaks in their workplaces. 

The nature of COVID-19 has led some states to legislatively amend the workers’ compensation social contract and shift virus costs to employers and insurance carriers retroactively. The costs could be staggering.

New technologies are great at combating material handling injuries, but workers may still need to move or lift heavy objects. That’s where body mechanics comes in.

At an upcoming National Ergo Conference digital session, experts in biomechanics and safety will teach attendees how to make training on proper lifting technique more effective.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, experts foresaw an influx of workers’ comp claims; a recent study shows that prediction has not played out.

A new report concluded that COVID-19 has led to increased opioid abuse, medical marijuana legislation and drugs delivered by mail.

At a digital session produced by the National Comp conference, industry leaders will share how pharmacy and settlement programs can work together to produce better outcomes.

A COVID-19 cure is needed for life to go back to normal, but just how close are we?

In the first installment of the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference’s CompTalk series, MedRisk’s Brian Peers talks telerehab in the COVID era.

Underlying medical conditions are usually the defining feature of an extreme ergonomics accommodation case.

Unaddressed behavioral health factors can drive up costs for payers and expose injured workers to delayed return-to-work and painkiller addiction.

Despite regulation meant to curb abuse of physician dispensing, it’s still a common practice and presents both safety and financial risks.