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OSHA Reporting Requirements Are Changing – Are You Ready?

February 6, 2017 by WorkCompWire

OSHA Reporting Requirements Are Changing – Are You Ready?

Meeting regulatory requirements for OSHA recordkeeping can be a significant challenge for workers’ compensation teams. With the release of OSHA’s Final Rule on electronic reporting, centralized recordkeeping becomes a key strategy for employers to meet their new obligations. Is your workers’ compensation team ready for this…[Continue Reading]

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Insights for 2017

January 17, 2017 by WorkCompWire

Insights for 2017

2017 is here and poised to challenge and change our industry in many ways. Key areas in the spotlight for the coming year include good health empowerments, regulation transformations, consumer-centric progressions, risk circumventions and tech modernisms. I think we can all agree technological advances are moving at an…[Continue Reading]

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Quality IME: A Vital Claims Management Tool

December 18, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Quality IME: A Vital Claims Management Tool

When a complex injury case is in dispute, an Independent Medical Examination (IME) has long been the tool in our claims management arsenal to bring about resolution. IMEs help resolve a number of issues. They can assist in determining if the claimant’s condition was caused by the workplace incident; if a recommended course of treatment is…[Continue Reading]

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Building Telemedicine Programs for Workers’ Compensation

December 12, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Building Telemedicine Programs for Workers’ Compensation

Telemedicine services designed for workers’ compensation and group health plans will have similar benefits, but there are many additional components that must be included to provide a quality program for patients with workplace injuries. Telemedicine services include clinical consultations with nurses via telephone and virtual physician visits using…[Continue Reading]

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Listen Up: What You Can Learn About the Industry in 3-4 Minutes

November 30, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Listen Up: What You Can Learn About the Industry in 3-4 Minutes

In our workers’ compensation world, there are an ever-increasing number of media sources trying to grab our attention. Whether in the form of a magazine article, LinkedIn post, webinar or whitepaper, the industry is blessed to have so many important information vehicles to help you deliver the best services to injured workers. While more is often better, it doesn’t solve a significant problem many of us face: time. How can we keep up…[Continue Reading]

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Mitigating Opioid-Induced Side Effects to Achieve Better Outcomes

November 17, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Mitigating Opioid-Induced Side Effects to Achieve Better Outcomes

Opioid analgesics are commonly prescribed to treat the pain associated with workers’ compensation and auto no-fault injuries. These medications have an important role in pain management treatment and therapy and may be effective for certain indications, including acute pain not relieved by non-opioid analgesics, pain associated with various types of…[Continue Reading]

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A Data-Driven Understanding of Physical Medicine

September 30, 2016 by WorkCompWire

A Data-Driven Understanding of Physical Medicine

In the consumer marketplace, customer experience is king. Online retailer Amazon is an example of a company that has long excelled in their ability to adapt and innovate in ways that optimize the shopping experience for their customers. And this begins with a data-driven understanding of what’s working vs what isn’t. One must accurately and continuously measure…[Continue Reading]

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Clinical Info, Second Edition 2016, Now Available

September 19, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Clinical Info, Second Edition 2016, Now Available

Optum is pleased to release the latest edition of Clinical Info, encompassing noteworthy changes to medications and guidelines affecting the workers’ compensation industry. Within this edition you will read about the ongoing efforts to curb opioid analgesic misuse and abuse and the use of adjuvant medications for chronic pain. In addition, a list of…[Continue Reading]

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The Emerging Use of Naloxone: What Workers’ Compensation Payers Need to Know

September 2, 2016 by WorkCompWire

The Emerging Use of Naloxone: What Workers’ Compensation Payers Need to Know

In an effort to reduce the epidemic number of overdose-related deaths and injuries associated with the misuse of opioid analgesics, many states have been looking to enact legislation to help curb this trend. One way states have tried to accomplish this is to establish prescribing quantity limits on opioid analgesics. They are also establishing…[Continue Reading]

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Planting Seeds: The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana

August 1, 2016 by WorkCompWire

Planting Seeds: The Changing Landscape of Medical Marijuana

Today, 25 states and the District of Coumbia provide statutory language that allows for the comprehensive use of medical marijuana.1 With growing legal momentum for medical marijuana, it is no longer a question of if it will impact workers’ comp, but when and how. So now the question becomes: what might that future look like…[Continue Reading]

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