Public support for marijuana is at an all-time high. What does this mean for workers’ comp? Learn when marijuana could appear in a claim, how legislation dictates marijuana use, what...
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) recently released the report Study of Chronic Opioid Use and Weaning in California Workers’ Compensation, which analyzes characteristics of injured workers who were chronic...
...work), as compared to 1.8 million men who left the labor force.5 And there is evidence to suggest a good number of those women may not come back to work, such...
...negative consequences for reporting an injury Stigma around workers’ comp patients across various stakeholders Plans for self-care Lack of direction from employers and insurers Approximately 25% of patients faced complications...
On October 2nd, Healthesystems attended a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) webinar, which provided key insights into Pennsylvania’s workers’ comp system, compared to other states. Using data from WCRI’s benchmarks...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has released the 18th edition of their CompScope Benchmarks, a series of comprehensive reports that examine income benefits, overall medical payments, costs, use of benefits,...
...impacts healthcare professionals across the board, including those in the workers’ compensation industry. Earlier in March, the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the complex web...
...to figure out in the coming months and years, there is now a stronger likelihood that marijuana will make its way more into workers’ comp on some level or another....
...and opioid overdose. The study involved a population-based, county-level analysis that compared three sets of data. The first data set was industry marketing information pulled from the Centers for Medicare...
Healthesystems attended the April 29th meeting of the Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC), where initial proposals for the 2025 agreed bill were discussed. This biennial process fosters collaboration between...
...on work-related PTSD, with a complete study due by August 1, 2025. After the survey is complete, participants can also opt in for a follow-up interview; however, participation is voluntary....
Healthesystems paired up with Risk & Insurance magazine to survey more than 500 workers’ comp professionals to weigh in on their top challenges, major trends, program priorities, and program successes for 2019...
