The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a new set of reports that explore medical payment trends in 18 state workers’ comp systems, analyzing the impact of legislative and regulatory...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a new set of reports that explore medical payment trends in 18 state workers’ comp systems, analyzing the impact of legislative and regulatory...
...Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examined 575,000 claims across 27 states, which represented 37-72% of workers’ comp claims in each state, and found that opioid prescribing dropped significantly in comp claims. In...
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...
The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine recently published Association of Opioid, Anti-depressant, and Benzodiazepines with Workers’ Compensation: A Cohort Study, which looks at 22,383 indemnity claims from 2008-2013 to evaluate the association...
Millions of workers are changing occupations, leading to ripple effects for comp....
2020 has brought with it changing dynamics in healthcare that have significantly impacted the workers’ compensation experience for injured worker patients, claims professionals and many other stakeholders. Healthesystems, in partnership...
Rising drug prices and the impact on workers' comp costs...
...Complexity Drivers Lower Productivity and Higher Costs Even before the complicating factor of a workplace injury, employers face added complexity and costs in their employee populations due to tobacco smoking....
The looming physician shortage and how to meet the challenge in workers' comp...
Understanding patients’ pain points with comp can lead to insights that improve program outcomes...
