Albany, NY – New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Chair Clarissa M. Rodriguez recently issued a bulletin to Health Care Providers and Suppliers of Durable Medical Equipment noting the determination that the solicitation or receipt of payments from a third party for chiropractic or other health care treatment and services (including so-called “fitting fees” or… [Read more]
Claims, Legal, & Compliance News
Guest Post: Vaccine Implications in Workers’ Compensation
By K. Max Koonce, Chief Claims Officer, Sedgwick As the battle against COVID-19 rages on, vaccinations have become a front-line conversation. Over the course of the pandemic, tens of millions of individuals have contracted COVID-19 with hundreds of thousands of those cases resulting in death. (covid.cdc.gov). Although the vast majority of the cases have been… [Read more]
Sedgwick Launches Enhanced smart․ly Global Intake Platform
Memphis, TN – Sedgwick recently announced the latest evolution of its intake and incident management technology. With years of refinement, testing and pilot projects setting the course, the company’s intake platform launches with a new name and an enhanced set of capabilities. Now called smart․ly, the award-winning platform showcases Sedgwick’s advanced technology with a more… [Read more]
NCCI Releases Report on Latest Trends in Time to Treatment, Including COVID-19
Boca Raton, FL – NCCI recently released a new study that examines the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on time to treatment for injured workers, and associates costs with the time to treatment for some common WC injuries based on historical information. The COVID‐19 pandemic and resultant shelter‐in‐place orders disrupted nearly all business activity, especially… [Read more]
TDI-DWC Releases Data Call Results Analysis on COVID-19 Claims
Austin, TX – To understand the impact of COVID-19 on the Texas workers’ compensation system, on June 2, 2020, The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued a mandatory data call with 74 selected insurance carriers, and has released an updated factsheet with results as of August 1, 2021. The Texas Department… [Read more]
Mitchell Reports Several Industry Sectors Still Seeing Low Workers’ Comp Claim Volume
San Diego, CA – Mitchell recently announced the release of a new analysis of its workers’ compensation claims data that examines how claim trends have changed over the past year and a half as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As regulations and case rates continue to shift, the workers’ compensation industry is still continuing… [Read more]
Kellie S. Chaloupka Promoted to Vice President of Claims within Summit
Lakeland, FL – Summit Consulting LLC recently announced that Kellie S. Chaloupka has been promoted to a vice president of Claims. Ms. Chaloupka joined Summit as a field claims adjustor in 2005. She transitioned to an agency executive in the Sales department in 2011 and returned to the Claims department in 2018. Ms. Chaloupka has… [Read more]
CWCI: Delta Variant Spurs New Wave Of CA Workers’ Comp COVID-19 Claims
Oakland, CA – After trending down over the first half of this year and falling to a 16-month low of just 676 claims in June, the monthly tally of new COVID-19 claims in the California workers’ compensation system spiked to 2,581 cases in July, just shy of the combined total of 2,635 COVID claims recorded… [Read more]
2020 Workers’ Comp Benchmarking Study Examines Resiliency, COVID-19 Impact on Claims Ops
Chicago, IL – With unpredictable disruption predicted at greater frequency in the future, the workers’ compensation industry is no exception to finding itself in a highly uncertain business environment, despite our risk models and mitigation efforts. Past performance will no longer predict future success in workers’ compensation. Organizational resiliency will play a vital role. Now,… [Read more]
NY AG Announces Proposed $26 Billion Global Agreement with Opioid Distributors/Manufacturer
New York, NY – New York Attorney General Letitia James recently announced an historic proposed $26 billion agreement that will help deliver desperately needed relief to communities across New York and the rest of the nation struggling with opioid addiction. The proposed agreement will resolve claims against three of the nation’s largest drug distributors — McKesson… [Read more]