Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Healthesystems’ recent release of the Winter 2022/23 edition of its twice annual industry publication, RxInformer.
Included in this edition are two new installments in the “Social Determinants of Health” article series, including a specific look at tobacco use as a complicating factor in the workplace and as a detractor from injured worker outcomes, and an exploration of the role that economic stability (or lack thereof) can have on individual health outcomes, and the complexity it can bring to a workers’ comp claim. Other articles from this issue include a look at how the IT talent shortage is impacting the insurance sector and how workers’ comp payers may face even greater challenges in keeping technology initiatives on track; the growing diversity of Rx drug trend drivers as opioid prescribing declines; key regulations impacting the workers’ comp industry; and more.