Florida Governor Rick Scott recently signed Senate Bill 376 into law, officially recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an occupational disease compensable by workers’ compensation for first responders without the need for...
...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...
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...
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...
...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....
...abuse control and prevention ranked as the #1 pharmacy management priority in our 2025 Industry Insights Survey Report. 2. Managing Claims Complexity Becomes More Nuanced The concept of complex claims,...
...various different bills pending that address gig network company drivers. Ten states are studying or proposing single-payer systems. Six of these include a workers’ comp component. In Congress, federal Medicare-for-All...
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The California Pharmacy and Therapeutic (P&T) Committee will hold a hybrid meeting on April 15, 2026 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM PST to discuss updates to the MTUS drug...
Healthesystems attended the California Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee on July 16th, where members reviewed topical analgesics and worked toward developing recommendations for the state’s workers’ compensation formulary. These meetings...
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The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration published their 2024 Annual Report, highlighting system performance and claim trends. According to the report, medical-only claims have fluctuated significantly since 2018, starting at...
