Risk & Insurance

6 Critical COVID-19 Risks to the Transportation Sector

Nearly every sector of the economy has been affected by risks brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the transportation industry is no exception. In addition to the obvious risk of virus-spread and safety concerns, COVID-19 has caused supply...

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

Ergonomics Training Program Not Working? Put Workers Through a Manual Material Handling Bootcamp

According to Liberty Mutual’s 2020 Workplace Safety Index, overexertion f...

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

Marsh Reports COVID’s Impact on Workers’ Comp Is Less Than Anticipated, But There Are Still Risks to...

When the COVID-19 outbreak first reached global pandemic status, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) predicted that the total potential range of impacts for workers’ compensation could land somewhere between $2.7 billion and $81....

Posted: Nov 03, 2020

Protected: How the City of Chicago Put Workers First During COVID and Earned a Workers’ Compensation...

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Posted: Nov 02, 2020

Mitchell Study Shows Increased Opioid Abuse During COVID; Here’s What Else Is New for Pharmacy

COVID-19 has led to increased opioid abuse, medical marijuana legislation and drugs delivered by mail. Advertisement

Posted: Nov 02, 2020

Mitchell Analysis Shows Increased Opioid Abuse During COVID; Here’s What Else Is New for Pharmacy

COVID-19 has led to increased opioid abuse, medical marijuana legislation and drugs delivered by mail. Advertisement

Posted: Nov 02, 2020

Optum and ESIS Execs Discuss Pharmacy’s Role in Claims Settlement at National Comp

Drug spend and claims settlements are two of the most often discussed topics in workers’ comp. Controlling drug spend is important not only for keeping claims costs down, but also because payers need to make sure that injured workers aren’t...

Posted: Oct 30, 2020

CompTalk: COVID-19 — The Race for a Cure

If there’s one thing today that unites people of every continent, it is the desire for a cure for COVID-19. Rarely before the pandemic had people from nearly every country around the world awaited the same thing. But now, with life on hold...

Posted: Oct 30, 2020

Protected: Three Myths About PBM Pricing Every Workers’ Compensation Payer Should Know

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Posted: Oct 29, 2020

CompTalk: Telerehab in Times of Crises

It’s no secret that we’re living in a virtual world. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, jobs and services of all kinds have shifted to remote work. Zoom, a service rarely used prior to the pandemic has become ubiquitous. Advertiseme...

Posted: Oct 29, 2020

CompTalk: Telerehab in Times of Crisis

It’s no secret that we’re living in a virtual world. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, jobs and services of all kinds have shifted to remote work. Zoom, a service rarely used prior to the pandemic has become ubiquitous. Advertiseme...

Posted: Oct 29, 2020

9 Questions for BHSI’s Head of Claims Andrew Walker

Wrapped in a global pandemic, coupled with an economic downturn, and exposed to natural and manmade catastrophe, those in the claims space are keeping ever vigilant of what is yet to come. For Andrew Walker, head of claims for the UK and Eu...

Posted: Oct 28, 2020

9 Questions for BHSI’s Head of Claims for the UK and Europe Andrew Walker

Wrapped in a global pandemic, coupled with an economic downturn, and exposed to natural and manmade catastrophe, those in the claims space are keeping ever vigilant of what is yet to come. Advertisement

Posted: Oct 28, 2020

9 Questions for BHSI’s Andrew Walker, Head of Claims for UK & Europe

Wrapped in a global pandemic, coupled with an economic downturn, and exposed to natural and manmade catastrophe, those in the claims space are keeping ever vigilant of what is yet to come. Advertisement

Posted: Oct 28, 2020

Behavioral Health Conditions and Workers’ Comp Spending: Why It’s Time to Buy the Psych Claim

After a broken leg, an injured worker is struggling to return to work. Despite signs of physical healing, they’re still reporting pain. They have trouble getting out of bed or feeling motivated to continue their healing.  They’...

Posted: Oct 27, 2020

The Huge Cost of Physician Dispensing Is Still a Risk; In Fact, It Never Really Went Away

Physician dispensing, the practice of in-office medication dispensing outside of a typical pharmacy interaction and closely tied to the repackaging of drugs, has been a major point of discussion at workers’ compensation industry conferences and ev...

Posted: Oct 27, 2020