The Tennessee Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) met on February 10th to discuss evolving clinical policies and utilization trends impacting the state’s workers’ compensation program. Healthesystems attended the meeting to gain...
The FDA received reports of allergic-type reactions potentially related to sulfite-containing compounded drugs. FDA is alerting health care professionals, compounders and patients about the risk of potentially serious allergic-type reactions...
...federal actions. Healthesystems’ representatives committed to providing feedback to ensure clarity on how, and if, Medicare-negotiated drug pricing would apply to workers’ compensation claims. Written comments on the proposed rules...
Risk & Insurance® magazine recently published an article on novel technologies applied to physical therapy programs in workers’ comp, and how they can improve injured worker recovery and lower costs....
...and priorities of the workers’ comp industry. The survey was conducted at the 2023 National Comp conference in Las Vegas from September 20 to 22 and online through the end...
Florida House Bill 1307 was introduced, proposing several changes to state policy, including provisions that could affect eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits in certain situations involving immigration status. According to...
...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....
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on a proposal to repeal portions of the Administrative Code related to medical billing. The impacted areas are 28...
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 FDA granted marketing authorization for the Healgen Rapid Check COVID-19/Flu A&B Antigen Test. The test, authorized for use without a prescription, is for use by individuals experiencing respiratory symptoms...
By Healthesystems It’s no secret that chronic pain is an ongoing problem for injured workers. In our 2020 Workers’ Comp Industry Insights Survey, workers’ comp stakeholders ranked chronic pain as...
...Communities Study, an initiative with more than $350 million in funding that aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40% over three years in selected communities. A series of proven...
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...
