...as poverty, a lack of adequate housing, and food insecurity - are also detrimental to their overall health, contributing to downstream health impacts such as comorbidities, mental health concerns, and...
...as poverty, a lack of adequate housing, and food insecurity - are also detrimental to their overall health, contributing to downstream health impacts such as comorbidities, mental health concerns, and...
The FDA recently issued several drug approvals for first-time generic medications. Some of these approvals impact workers’ comp populations, meaning that more cost-effective generics will soon be on the market...
...and ineffective breathing) and/or central nervous system depression (decreased breathing, decreased heartrate, loss of consciousness). Opioid pain medications are commonly used in workers’ comp, and even when used appropriately, prescription...
...on risk management and commercial insurance, explored the risks opioid prescriptions pose to inpatients, a population less prominent than the more common outpatients taking opioids dispensed by retail pharmacies. Risk &...
...by Silvia Sacalis, BS, PharmD, VP of Clinical Services at Healthesystems, and Adam Seidner, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at The Hartford, at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference...
Comorbid conditions continue to be a concerning and complicating factor in relation to the medical management of injured workers, with comorbidities being identified as the number one barrier to recovery...
Healthesystems will be attending and exhibiting at NWCDC 2019, the largest annual conference in the workers’ comp industry, and we invite you to join us in Las Vegas for various...
...Influence on Claims Outcomes. This presentation will focus on findings from a study examining aspects of the injured worker experience and potential barriers encountered throughout the workers’ comp process, as...
FAIR Health, a non-profit organization that collects data on healthcare costs and coverage, recently published a white paper examining how telehealth is impacting the healthcare landscape. This report drew upon a repository...
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published a new report on return-to-work programs, interviewing various insurance professionals for their perspective and highlighting examples of ingenuity that helped enable successful...
