On September 25, 2025, Healthesystems attended a Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) webinar that highlighted trends in the Florida’s workers’ comp system. The session covered key findings from recent WCRI...
After a decade of combatting opioid abuse and addiction among injured worker patients, workers’ compensation payers are finally seeing a significant reduction in opioid prescriptions and costs. Visit RxInformer online...
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published a new report that highlights 2026 Medicare reimbursement updates that could influence workers’ comp medical costs in jurisdictions that rely on CMS...
...current status of workers’ comp in Minnesota, and to offer explanations where possible for recent developments. In regard to claim frequency, in 2023 there were 3.5 total paid claims per...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published the CompScope™ Benchmarks, 24th Edition, a series of 14 reports that measure the performance of 17 state workers’ comp systems from 2017-2022, with...
...PharmD, was featured in WorkCompWire’s Leaders Speak Series, discussing clinical trends in workers’ comp, including changing populations, shifts in chronic pain drug therapy, and comorbidities. Read the article in full online at WorkCompWire....
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published the 25th edition of their CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks. These reports analyze trends in payments, prices, and medical care utilization across 17 state workers’...
...tip of the iceberg when it comes to cyberattacks. Common threats facing organizations today include malware, denial-of-service attacks, phishing, and more. We spoke with Tony Brown, AVP, Information Security for...
New Jersey Senate Bill 1555 was introduced, which would amend workers’ comp law to establish that if an employee is intoxicated at the time of an injury or death, it...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published the 2026 edition of their CompScope Medical Benchmarks, a series of 12 reports created to help policy makers and other system stakeholders identify...
On August 12th, Healthesystems attended the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation (DoWC) 2025 Legislative Update Webinar, which focused on the recently enacted House Bill 1300, which significantly alters access to...
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) published a new report on opioid prescribing for injured workers in the California workers’ comp system from 2017-2023. Study data included patients who had...
...annual updates based on comprehensive data and studies. This proposal revives House Bill 863 from 2024, which failed to advance out of committee. With the current fee schedule unchanged for...
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) published a new report on trends in the Delaware workers’ comp system from 2017-2022. This is the fourth annual report, covering trends in claim...
