Westminster, CO – MDGuidelines recently released the MDGuidelines Duration Analyzer, a new tool for benchmarking claims performance. Duration Analyzer allows comparisons between short-term disability or workers’ compensation injury/illness durations to MDGuidelines’ population and physiological duration benchmarks. The tool provides advanced reporting and integrates diagnostic-level detail with the benchmark information. “This new tool is designed for… [Read more]
Claims, Legal, & Compliance News
Los Angeles DA Announces Worker Misclassification Lawsuit Against Handy
Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón recently announced the filing of a worker protection lawsuit against Handy Technologies, Inc., suing the company for allegedly unlawfully misclassifying its workers as independent contractors when they are employees performing all of the cleaning and handyperson services sold to customers. “Workers can often feel… [Read more]
CWCI: CA Workers’ Comp COVID-19 Claim Volume Plummeted In February
Oakland – The wave of COVID-19 claims that hit the California workers’ compensation system at the end of 2020 has subsided – at least for the time being – as the number of claims reported to the state Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) for February fell to the lowest level in a year and the… [Read more]
Genex Services IME Program Earns URAC Designation
Wayne, PA – Genex Services recently announced that it has been awarded full Independent Medical Examinations (IME) v1.0 accreditation by URAC, the leading accreditation organization for health care providers. The approval places Genex as one of the first IME programs to be awarded this new URAC certification. The URAC accreditation seal symbolizes that an organization… [Read more]
Out Front Ideas Webinar: Post-COVID Analytics & Benchmarks
St. Louis, MO – Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark recently announced its next complimentary webinar, noting that the insurance industry relies heavily on actuarial models and benchmarks to analyze performance and predict future exposures. One of the core assumptions of analytics and benchmarking is that most components of the analysis mirror conditions similar… [Read more]
CWCI Offering Webinar on New Changes to CA Med-Legal Fee Schedule
Oakland, CA – The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) will present a live, one-hour webinar on Thursday, March 18 beginning at 9:30 a.m. (Pacific) to introduce workers’ compensation professionals to changes to the California Workers’ Compensation Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) that the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced have been filed with the Office of Administrative… [Read more]
NCCI Releases New Brief on 2021 Medicare Fee Schedules and Workers’ Comp
Boca Raton, FL – NCCI recently released a new brief on 2021 Medicare Fee Schedules and Workers Compensation. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made significant changes to reimbursement rules and rates for medical services in 2021 that will likely impact workers compensation (WC) fee schedules, with some already in effect. The brief… [Read more]
Sapiens and Rising Medical Solutions Announce Strategic Partnership & Integrated Offering
Holon, Israel – Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) and Rising Medical Solutions recently announced a new partnership and integrated offering that will provide carriers with the tools and intelligence to make well-informed, data-driven, equitable payment decisions as to medical care/treatment. The joint Sapiens-Rising offering will help insurers utilize critical data in real time… [Read more]
Industry Veterans Tribuzio and Mack Announce Launch of Spear Technologies
Corte Madera, CA – Insurance solutions industry veterans Jose Tribuzio and Brian Mack recently announced the launch of Spear Technologies. After seeing that existing systems in the property and casualty (P&C) market were outdated and required expensive customizations, these co-founders made it their mission to deliver flexible, extensible insurance solutions developed on the Microsoft Power… [Read more]
CompManagement and CareWorks Comp in Ohio Merge to Become Sedgwick
Memphis, TN – Sedgwick recently announced that Ohio-based CompManagement and CareWorks Comp have merged and become Sedgwick. This merger enables a seamless transition in bringing additional resources and experience to clients, together providing claims and risk management consulting solutions for more than 65,000 Ohio employers, including organizations of all sizes operating in various industries. With… [Read more]