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Advocacy & Compliance

Healthesystems’ Advocacy & Compliance experts are essential in the management of pharmacy and ancillary benefits for our clients. By tracking and influencing regulatory activity, our team stays  ahead of evolving trends and identifies opportunities to advocate on behalf of our clients, their injured workers, and the broader industry.

The Advocacy & 
Compliance Team

Monitors and reports on proposed and pending regulatory changes that impact workers' comp, helping shape effective program strategies

Advocates for fair and balanced public policy through proactive engagement with regulators, customers, and other stakeholders throughout the rulemaking lifecycle

Supports operational compliance by providing guidance to internal stakeholders and external partners during the implementation of new regulatory changes

Regulatory Recap

A weekly e-newsletter informed by the Advocacy & Compliance team to help keep our clients and industry contacts in the know on the latest legislation and policy updates impacting workers’ comp.
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Montana Considers Provider Choice Bill for Injured Workers

Provider choice would have to take into account practical matters, such as proximity and the ability to comply with workers’ comp care guidelines.
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February 17, 2025

New York Could Permit Massage Therapists to Act as Workers’ Comp Providers

If passed, massage therapists could provide care but would not be permitted to establish workplace injury causation or disability.
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February 17, 2025

New York Considers Presumption for Opioid Overdose Deaths

The bill would require that deceased workers had received an opioid prescription for their workplace injury.
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February 17, 2025

West Virginia Proposes Expansion to Firefighter Cancer Presumptions

If passed, House Bill 2197 would extend coverage to bladder cancer, mesothelioma, and testicular cancer.
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February 17, 2025

Arizona and Illinois Bills Push for Extreme Temperature Protections

While Arizona is only considering extreme heat protections, Illinois considers both extreme heat and extreme cold protections.
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February 17, 2025

New Mexico, New York, & Oregon Consider Chiropractor and Acupuncturist Bills

These bills would grant more authority to these practitioners, in one case letting them prescribe and administer prescription drugs.
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February 10, 2025

Kansas Introduces Provider Choice Bill

Injured workers would be allowed to select their provider, and language allowing regulators to select new providers would be removed.
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February 10, 2025

NCCI Releases Medical Inflation Report

The report the rising cost of physician services, the largest category of medical spending in workers’ comp.
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February 10, 2025

NCCI Publishes Mega Claims Report

Mega claims – with losses over $2 million – represent less than 0.1% of claims, but over 2% of total loss dollars.
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February 10, 2025
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 Further resources you may be interested in

Additional articles and updates from Healthesystems related to policy shaping workers’ comp.

Classification Complications: Will Gig Workers Enter the Workers’ Comp Market?

Legislation could reclassify gig workers as employees, which could entitle them to benefits
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The Long Haul: Chronic Health Complications of COVID-19

Those previously infected by coronavirus may face long-term health complications, potentially complicating workers' comp claims
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How Opioid Policy Impacts Opioid Utilization and Disability

A new WCRI report explores the impact recent opioid legislation has had on injured worker care.
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The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Comp Claims

Another WCRI report looks at non-COVID-19 claims with injuries in the first two quarters of 2019 and 2020.
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AMA Updates Impairment Rating Guidelines for the First Time Since 2008

Changes center around improving the assessment of mental and behavioral impairment.
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More Recreational Marijuana Legalization, More Positive Workplace Drug Tests

Connecticut legalizes recreational use, and NCCI expects even more states to follow suit.
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