The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) announced the recipients of this year’s NextGen Awards, which recognize talented and transformative individuals under the age of 40 who...
...obtaining needed information from medical providers The fragmented workers’ comp healthcare system isolates relevant information and obscures a complete view of patients and populations. You’ve probably seen it – the...
...challenges, there is one asset that can perhaps be leveraged more optimally as a mitigator of claim complexity – the injured worker patient. Even as workers’ compensation programs have been...
...changing from Independent to Republican (AK). At the federal level, Democrats now control the U.S. House of Representatives. Click here to learn what other regulatory trends could impact workers’ comp....
...this population, along with patient-level factors associated with persistent opioid use. The study examined 9,596 workers’ comp claimants in the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Company in Maryland who initially filled at...
...sweating mechanism fails. In workers’ compensation, heat-related illnesses are prevalent. A study by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs compared records from more than 11 million California workers’ comp...
Research conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale School of Medicine was published in Nature, indicating the potential for a blood test to determine if...
...insurance and legal proceedings. As these guides are key to rating and establishing impairment across healthcare and in workers’ comp, understanding changes to these guides is important for workers’ comp...
...safety test results and other critical information with the U.S. government The Department of Commerce will develop standards and best practices for detecting AI-generated content and authenticating official content to...
...consideration. The pilot is limited to processing 30-, 60-, or 90-day renewals of medications that have already been prescribed by a licensed provider. It cannot initiate new therapies or modify...
For the past three years, Healthesystems has surveyed professionals across the workers’ compensation spectrum to get a sense of their greatest perceived challenges. Normally, those professionals are recruited from the Risk...
...comp pharmacy spend. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) published a new report on trends in the utilization and reimbursement of migraine drugs in the California workers’ comp system. This...
...independence. Accessibility on Healthesystems.com Healthesystems.com makes available the UserWay Website Accessibility Widget that is powered by a dedicated accessibility server. The software allows Healthesystems.com to improve its compliance with the Web Content...
...Compensation 8 Technology Essentials for Today's Workers' Comp Medical Programs Concealed Costs Beyond Opioids: Drugs of Concern in Workers’ Compensation More than Skin-Deep - Untangling Topical Drug Classes and Costs...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) issued a new report that examines the early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ comp, focused on the timing and patterns of medical...
