Editor's Forum

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features Travelers’ announcement of the launch of a new product offering business customers virtual and on-site ergonomic assessments using artificial intelligence. Travelers noted that the new program combines AI-based technology and ergonomic research to quickly analyze a smartphone video of a worker performing a task and identify movements and postures that… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Top 10 Lessons Learned in Helping Workers Move Past COVID-19 Risk & Insurance Experts: Revamped OxyContin hasn’t curbed abuse, overdoses Associated Press Physical Premium Audits – COVID 19 Removed The Physical Part J&L Risk Management Blog Editor’s Note:… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features a Guest Post from Dr. Michael Lacroix, Medical Director at The Hartford that follows on a recent Leaders Speak post from Teresa Williams on the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and strategies to help employees navigate such issues. Dr. Lacroix delves into some interesting research results on the… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Price Opportunists – Compound Kits and Combo Packs Coventry Sounding Board Massachusetts lawmakers dump COVID-19 workers’ compensation bills into study Mass Live Why Organizations Are Increasingly Investing In Data Sharing Care Bridge Blog Editor’s Note: These links… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features CWCI’s recent announcement of the release of a new on-demand webinar on SB 1159 in California that establishes a workers’ compensation presumption of compensability for COVID-19 cases. The webinar will be presented by CWCI’s General Counsel Ellen Sims Langille and the Institute’s Claims and Medical Director Jackie Secia, who will… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. A Study on Expanded Use of ‘Presumption’ Insurance Thought Leadership New York Charges Johnson & Johnson with Insurance Fraud Over Opioid Claims Insurance Journal Loss Cost Decrease Does Not Directly Result in Premium Decrease J&L Risk Management Blog Editor’s Note:… [Read more]

In today’s issue of WorkCompRecap we announce a new leader, and the publishing of their new post in WorkCompWire’s exclusive “Leaders Speak” section, which features leaders from the Workers’ Compensation Industry, and focuses on issues that are timely, relevant, and thought provoking. Are you ready?? Find out who our new featured leader is right now… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Startups Developing Technologies to Clean Air in Workplaces of Coronavirus Insurance Journal Lots doing in workers’ comp Managed Care Matters COVID-19 Analysis from Jennifer Christian, M.D., M.P.H. Workers’ Comp Insider Editor’s Note: These links lead to outside news… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new report from CWCI that found the number of independent medical reviews (IMRs) used to resolve California workers’ compensation medical disputes fell sharply in the first half of 2020. CWCI noted that it tallied 70,273 IMR decision letters issued in the first half of 2020 in… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the announcement from Verisk that it has acquired Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) service provider Franco Signor. Franco Signor will become part of Verisk’s Claims Partners business, which Verisk noted expects will help with offering an all-inclusive solution suite for all aspects of insurers’ Medicare compliance needs. Franco Signor was sold… [Read more]