Editor's Forum

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Rising Medical Solutions’ announcement of an upcoming webinar where experts from its seventh annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study will share their research findings. The latest edition of the study included first-time polling of frontline claims staff, which comes at a critical time for the workers’ comp industry, with claims professionals… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Mitchell’s recent release of its Q4 2019 Industry Trends Report, in which executives share insights on challenges and opportunities with “Emotion AI” and claims and the important value of data and analytics for claims managers. Emotion AI is the concept that artificial intelligence technologies can recognize human emotions, and CEO… [Read more]

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Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new study from Harvard Law School’s Labor & Worklife program that examined the issue of worker misclassification in Washington state, which has resulted in the denial of pay and benefits for tens of thousands of workers as well as millions of dollars in lost revenue. According… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Better benefits could lead to reduced comp frequency Business Insurance Opioid Victims Can Now File Injury Claims in Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case Insurance Journal Diversity in Workers’ Comp Claims Management ReduceYourWorkersComp Editor’s Note: These links lead to outside news sources.… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features WCRI’s release of four new state reports that compare outcomes of workers injured on the job in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, and Georgia with outcomes in 11 other states. The outcomes examined in the studies include recovery of physical health and functioning, return to work, earnings recovery, access to medical care,… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Burnout Is a Real Workplace Injury; Are Your Employees at Risk? Risk & Insurance What Robots Mean for Workers’ Comp Insurance Thought Leadership CMS Introduces Pre-CPNs and Open Debt Reports in Conditional Payment Recovery Process TowerMSA Blog Editor’s Note:… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the continuation of our “Leaders Speak” series with another installment from Michelle Despres, National Product Leader for Physical Therapy at One Call. Read Michelle’s new article at WorkCompWire by clicking here! If you missed Michelle’s first post, “Tapping a Physical Therapy Provider Network that Values Both Quality and Quantity”, you… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Workers’ Compensation Is Doing Well. Is It Time to Worry? Insurance Journal Quick hits – new services, good news, and why your health insurance costs are stupid expensive Managed Care Matters Acupuncture Is Coming Soon to an MSA Near You… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new NCCI Insights article on ratemaking challenges that are being faced in today’s “atypical” workers’ comp market. NCCI noted that the current workers’ compensation environment is healthy and competitive, however industry stakeholders have described the current market as atypical because it displays a hybrid of both… [Read more]