From shifts in drug costs to state-based workers’ comp system restructuring efforts, these are the trends workers’ comp professionals need to make sure they’re paying attention to. 

Over 90% of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries can be treated without surgery — especially now that we have sophisticated biomarker data to inform the severity and recovery of MSK injuries.

With the goal of driving efficiency for every stakeholder in the workers’ comp system, Concentra has embarked on the development of next-generation technology solutions to make claim navigation and information-sharing easier.

Jeff Gurtcheff, chief claims officer for CorVel, shares how the company’s new recruitment and training initiative, CorVel University, is looking to address the talent crisis. 

As we continue to broaden our perspective on the ways to treat injury and illness, let’s not forget the powers of unconventional and complementary medicines.

Caty Wynn of Whole Foods shares how she shifted gears from pastry arts and serendipitously found a fulfilling career path in workers’ comp.

This year’s National Comp proved how connections form organically when comp professionals gather to educate and connect with each other and elevate the industry.

Wearable ergonomics can reduce workplace injuries and workers’ compensation costs, but coordination and an alignment of incentives are required before they can gain a foothold.

Her training as a physical therapist, she said, is what gave her the perspective to seek and support best practices in workers’ compensation.

Strength in relationships, operational skills and data implementation mark this 2024 Executive to Watch.

A narrow focus on the opioid epidemic may overlook the risks of non-opioid prescriptions and draw crucial resources away from proactive monitoring and interventions.

How has the workers’ compensation industry evolved over the past decade? The Rising Medical Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study answers this question by reviewing the industry’s overall adoption of new technologies, as well as its struggles with the current talent shortage.

MedRisk’s newly appointed CEO, Sri Sridharan, talks to Risk & Insurance about the culture he leads and the vast amount of injured worker data his team has at its disposal.

Risk & Insurance editor-in-chief Dan Reynolds sat down with Nan-Wei Gong and Scott Sexton of FIGUR8 to discuss how they’re working to standardize and codify data that can help care teams better gauge an injured workers’ musculoskeletal recovery process.

After launching a pay-as-you-go workers’ comp solution, NYSIF set out to discover how it was impacting the policyholder experience. The results were clear.

Suicide is not an issue in just workers’ comp; it’s a humanity issue. Panelists at National Comp 2023 share why it’s imperative not to ignore mental health risks.

Employers can get ahead of on-the-job injuries by refining their job descriptions with data-driven analyses.

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.

National Comp 2023, held in Las Vegas, kicked off with a pre-conference event conducted by the Alliance of Women in Workers’ Comp. This year’s keynote focused on connective intelligence in the age of virtual workspaces. 

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