By Matthew X. Engels, Vice President & General Manager, Carepath Networks, Medcor, Inc. Reality of Telemedicine Today – the Challenges for Occupational Health and Telemedicine Despite the promises of more convenience, no travel, high patient satisfaction, narrower networks of providers, actionable data flowing dynamically into claims systems, and better claim outcomes, an honest look at… [Read more]
Leaders Speak
Matt Engels: The Promise of Telemedicine in Workers’ Comp, and What is Needed for Traction, Part 1
By Matthew X. Engels, Vice President & General Manager, Carepath Networks, Medcor, Inc. “Telemedicine is coming! Telemedicine is coming!” sounds the clarion call of the workers’ compensation industry. Telemedicine adds great value to occupational health, and its promises, while still yet to be clearly articulated, are attractive to an industry hungry for ways to improve… [Read more]
Leaders Speak: 2018 Year in Review, Part Two
As 2018 winds down, it seems like an appropriate time to feature some of the top content that has been provided by Leaders from the industry for our Leaders Speak section. So, as we close out the year and prep to bring you more great thought leadership in 2018, check out the list below for… [Read more]
Leaders Speak: 2018 Year in Review, Part One
As 2018 winds down, it seems like an appropriate time to feature some of the top content that has been provided by Leaders from the industry for our Leaders Speak section. So, as we close out the year and prep to bring you more great thought leadership in 2018, check out the list below for… [Read more]
Tammy Bradly: Crisis Intervention at Work: A Q&A from the Front Lines
By Tammy Bradly, Vice President of Clinical Product Development, Coventry Last week, we looked at the importance of intervening after a traumatic incident occurs at work. This includes not only attending to the physical injuries but the mental and emotional trauma as well. Doing so can help all workers — not just those who suffered… [Read more]
Tammy Bradly: Not All Victims of Worksite Trauma Sustain Physical Injuries
By Tammy Bradly, Vice President of Clinical Product Development, Coventry Anyone who has ever witnessed a traumatic event understands the mental anguish it can cause. You don’t have to be physically injured to suffer a mental blow. In workers’ compensation, we often do a great job caring for the physical injuries. But do we adequately… [Read more]
Jack Bailey: Industry Consolidation: Outlook for Industry Business Owners
By Jack Bailey, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Bailey Southwell & Co. In last week’s column, I reviewed how trends at the payer level have created attractive industry dynamics for private equity. This still leaves unanswered the question of how these trends will affect businesses owners in the space and what the acquisition environment might look… [Read more]
Jack Bailey: Industry Consolidation: Understanding What’s Happening In Workers’ Comp Services
By Jack Bailey, Managing Director and Co-Founder, Bailey Southwell & Co. Recent Acquisition Activity The flurry of activity over the last year, with a $1+ billion transaction seemingly announced every quarter, has been dizzying for many to track and understand. Many have wondered why large private equity firms continue to show significant interest in acquiring… [Read more]
David Huth: Is Your Claims Management Advancing with the Industry? Part 2
By David Huth, Chief Operating Officer, Rising Medical Solutions In my first article, we looked at how advancements in the areas of psychosocial issue management, litigation strategies, and opioid prescribing have driven better claims performance in the past five years. In particular, we quantified what high performing claims organizations are doing significantly more of in… [Read more]
David Huth: Is Your Claims Management Advancing with the Industry?
By David Huth, Chief Operating Officer, Rising Medical Solutions “Change” conflicts with the image that our field of workers’ compensation moves incrementally, at best. But if you look at what the better performing claims teams are doing, with changes over the past five years, you see a more dynamic reality. This is good news. Over… [Read more]