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The Complete Guide to WC Form Automation in 2026
The Complete Guide to WC Form Automation in 2026

Every workers' compensation claim begins with a person. Someone gets hurt on the job, and a real recovery depends on how quickly and accurately the system responds. Yet from first report of injury through claim […]
NCCI’s Medical Inflation Insights – October 2026, Now Available
NCCI’s Medical Inflation Insights – October 2026, Now Available

NCCI examines: what is driving changes in prices and how might these changes impact workers compensation? Aggregate Measures of General and Medical Inflation Higher energy prices continue to be the main theme. Compared to the […]
Risk Assessment as Loss Prevention: 7 Mistakes That Quietly Drive Up Workers’ Comp Costs
Risk Assessment as Loss Prevention: 7 Mistakes That Quietly Drive Up Workers’ Comp Costs

A risk assessment can pass every audit and still cause an employer to pay more for workers' compensation three renewals from now.  The risk assessment document on file describes the job as someone wrote it […]
Track Every Inquiry to the Signed Case: A Simple Source Log for Small Workers’ Comp Practices
Track Every Inquiry to the Signed Case: A Simple Source Log for Small Workers’ Comp Practices

Most small workers' compensation practices can tell you how many calls came in last month. Fewer can tell you which of those calls turned into signed clients, and where each of those clients first heard […]
3 Must-See Workers’ Comp Pharmacy Updates
3 Must-See Workers’ Comp Pharmacy Updates

October 2026 Three developments this month deserve every workers' compensation pharmacy professional's attention. Washington is poised to finalize the most consequential federal PBM transparency proposal in decades – and although it is an ERISA rule, […]
The First Five Minutes of a Workers’ Comp Intake Call: A Checklist for Small Practices 
The First Five Minutes of a Workers’ Comp Intake Call: A Checklist for Small Practices 

A practical list of what a small workers' compensation practice should capture early in an intake call, and how to write it down so the file is usable the next morning.  By John Hadden  The […]
What does the CorVel Team See for 2027?
What does the CorVel Team See for 2027?

Predicting the future doesn't require a crystal ball and magic skills; it only requires an understanding of trends across the industry. Recently, the team at CorVel shared what they see coming in the next year […]
Supervisor-Led Risk Assessments: A Practical Way to Prevent Claim-Generating Injuries 
Supervisor-Led Risk Assessments: A Practical Way to Prevent Claim-Generating Injuries 

Most workers' compensation claims don't start with a dramatic event nobody could have predicted. They start with a pallet that's always stacked a little too high, a shortcut everyone takes to save five minutes, or […]

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