Workers' Comp

Medicare Rate Changes Signal Mixed Cost Outlook for Workers’ Comp: NCCI

A key physician payment factor continues its decline while facility rates rise, creating varied impacts for insurers depending on state-level fee schedule rules.

Heat-Related Worker Deaths Surge as Construction Industry Faces Mounting Crisis

Adding Compassion to Workers’ Compensation: A Combat Veteran’s Call for Change

Commercial Insurance Market Shows Continued Softening as Premium Growth Slows: CIAB

Late Medical Interventions Drive Workers’ Comp Costs as Back, Shoulder Claims Show Wide Cost Variation

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Cannabis 2018: The Decisions, Laws and Attitudes That Will Shape the Future of Workers’ Comp

From medical to recreational, marijuana laws are changing across the board. Here’s a look back on some 2018 cannabis decisions and facts and what they could mean for workers’ comp.

Worker Who Refused Light Duty Work Not Eligible for Disability Benefits

An FedEx worker was offered light duty work after injury, but the worker claimed she was unable to do it and filed for temporary disability.

You Won’t Believe How Much Potential Insurtech Has in WC Claims Management

Technology isn’t revolutionizing workers’ comp just yet, but machine learning, robotic automation and new communication platforms are attracting a lot of investment dollars.

3 Ways to Shake Off Safety Training Complacency

Why do workers suffer injuries after safety training? Is the material boring? Maybe the techniques are outdated? Here are a few ways to make safety stick.

Policymakers Share Their Perspectives on Workers’ Comp Trends

Tennessee’s Abbie Hudgens and Georgia’s Frank McKay share their take on the regulatory changes impacting workers’ comp at this year’s NWCDC.

Treating Injured Workers as Equals; Not Adversaries

The 2018 Teddy Award winners built their programs around people, not claims, and offer proof that a worker-centric approach is a smarter way to operate.

The 2018 Teddy’s Have Taught Us One Important Lesson: Be Human

The four 2018 Teddy winners have one very important lesson at the core of their workers’ comp programs that many can learn from.

6 Recent Workers’ Comp Legal Rulings You Should Know About

Murder in the workplace, PTSD, softball injuries and other workers’ comp litigation disputes are being brought before judges across the country.

Here’s Why Value-Based Care Is the Medical Approach Workers’ Comp Needs to Embrace

Value-based care will transform the way that medical providers treat injured workers. At the upcoming National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference, experts from Healthesystems will explain how it can work at your organization.

5 Lessons Tesla’s Embattled Safety Program Can Teach Us All

Claims about Tesla factory workers being put at risk are deeply troubling. Details that have come to light offer a useful guide to avoiding the hot seat the carmaker now sits in.

This City Gets Top Docs for Its Workers and Pays 65 Percent Less

The city of Surprise found a unique way to cut workers’ comp costs dramatically, while securing prompt, high-quality care for their injured workers.

Why Are You Wasting Money on Pointless Workers’ Comp Claim Investigations?

Payers must devote more attention to identifying which cases merit investigation and which tactics produce the best results.

3 Reasons Why Simple Workers’ Comp Claims Result in Catastrophic Costs

Simple injuries that spiral into catastrophic claims account for a disproportionate share of overall workers’ comp dollars. Understanding how we think about pain can go a long way toward developing effective treatment strategies.

Opinion | Meet Your New Workers’ Comp Coworker: A White-Collar Robot

A new breed of white-collar robots is marching into the workers’ compensation world, promising they will improve life for claims payers and injured workers.

5 Ways Robots Reshape (and Improve) Workers’ Comp

Robots in workers’ comp will enhance providers’ ability to deliver high-quality care to injured workers and can help payers control pharmacy-related costs.

Creative Training Strategies Cut Lost Days by a Third for This Health System

The Workforce Safety team at Northwell Health is full of fresh ideas, including a dynamic safe patient handling program that cut lost time and indemnity claims by a third.

This Is How Face-to-Face Interactions Transform Your Company’s Safety Performance and Program Awareness

The University of Pennsylvania, a 2018 Teddy Award winner, turned the University’s workers’ comp program around, giving it a unified identity and the structure it needed to succeed.

4 Companies That Rocked It by Treating Injured Workers as Equals; Not Adversaries

The 2018 Teddy Award winners built their programs around people, not claims, and offer proof that a worker-centric approach is a smarter way to operate.

For This Award-Winning County, Employee Safety Begins Before the Job Offer

Monmouth County, New Jersey, used a combination of advanced technology and safety-and-wellness programs to lower claims 44 percent and losses by 76 percent from 2009 to 2017.

The Secret Success of Early Intervention Programs in Workers’ Comp

After implementing an early intervention program, one company brought its $2 million musculoskeletal discomfort bill down to under $500. Here’s how they did it.