Discover how care-first claims management strategies are helping employers and payers reduce workers’ comp costs and improve recovery outcomes.

A slew of factors have been contributing to workplace injury costs and long recovery times for employees since the pandemic, according to Travelers’ 2025 Injury Impact Report.

Much has been written about how technologies can make work a safer place. These are the tech tools that are helping post injury.

Although mental health claims make up less than 2% of workers’ comp cases, they can triple claim duration, but early behavioral health intervention offers a powerful solution, dramatically improving recovery timelines and return-to-work outcomes.

An employer-focused independent medical examination (IME) program can significantly reduce claim costs, accelerate resolution times and improve outcomes for workers’ comp.

Digital technologies transform musculoskeletal care by integrating patient data, enhancing communication among providers, and supporting proactive care models. This shift from paper-based processes leads to better patient outcomes and a more efficient healthcare system.

Thankfully, research that aids best practices in workers’ compensation is available.

How do you know if the doctor you are seeing (or are planning to see) is any good? Maybe you got a referral. Maybe you have “heard good things.” Maybe you have read some reviews online on Healthgrades or Google or Yelp. But what do we really learn about from those sources? Good bedside manner?… View Article

I have to imagine that anyone attending workers’ compensation conventions is a “student of the game.” In my “other life” as a licensed insurance agent, that idea goes well beyond the mandatory continuing education obligations. It’s an understanding of those agents who are highly effective because they read everything about what is moving the insurance… View Article

Accommodations can help reduce claims costs and bring injured employees back to work. They just have to be implemented correctly.

Discover the benefits of timely physical therapy in enhancing patient recovery and reducing claim costs.

Engaging with behavioral health factors that can delay recovery early on can be a boon for injured workers and their employers alike.

A mix of technology and old-school best practices is driving return-to-work results in workers’ comp.

Exploring the complex relationship between wages and temporary disability benefits duration, this report reveals higher-paid, older workers typically receive longer-term benefits

How the fear of reinjury can affect workers’ comp claims.

The surprising findings of a recent study challenge common assumptions about workers’ comp outcomes — and reveal the true extent of biopsychosocial factors’ influence.

Diet and mental health are so closely connected that the gut is often called our “second brain.” Addressing the importance of food choices, especially during recovery, can help to optimize the mental wellbeing and resilience of injured employees.

Improving workers’ compensation outcomes requires addressing mental health issues. One often-overlooked factor is the critical impact of gut health on our minds.

In this National Comp 2023 session, three experts on recovery shared what they learned from their own back and spinal injuries and how those lessons can be applied to workers’ comp.

When a tornado ripped through Kentucky in 2021, devastating a factory, Genex’s Kellie Harrell was instrumental in getting workers back on their feet.