The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published a new report on the economic impact of Coronavirus on workers’ comp, exploring employment, business closure and furloughs, injury frequency, injury severity,...
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published a new report on the economic impact of Coronavirus on workers’ comp, exploring employment, business closure and furloughs, injury frequency, injury severity,...
Specialty drugs continue to comprise a growing portion of costs in workers’ comp – anywhere from 5-8% of total pharmacy spend, according to recent industry data. In fact, individual therapies...
...workers’ comp medical management, and thus brings a unique perspective on how to attract and retain workers’ compensation talent. This article examines how the skills and experience gained in the...
By Healthesystems With opioid utilization down, there is no longer a consolidated driver of pharmacy costs in workers’ comp. Instead, the industry faces a growing diversity of smaller, niche trends...
Types of violence that can impact workers’ comp...
...ruled that medical marijuana is reimbursable in workers’ comp, while three states – Florida, North Dakota, and Michigan – explicitly exempt medical marijuana from workers’ comp reimbursement. Marijuana continues to...
In late August, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) published a One-Year Checkup on the California Formulary, an early assessment of the California workers’ comp formulary’s impact on actual...
...general inflation rate increased by a modest 6% over 2021. Year Over Year: Dec 2021 – Dec 2022 6.25% - General inflation rate 81.8% - Healthcare inflation rate Historically, healthcare...
