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How AI Can Improve Treatment & Cost Forecasting Accuracy Within the Medicare Set-Aside Process 
How AI Can Improve Treatment & Cost Forecasting Accuracy Within the Medicare Set-Aside Process 

By Kimberly Wiswell, Director of Client Services, Embedded AI, Gradient AI   Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (MSAs) are an important part of workers’ compensation programs and assist in earmarking settlement funds to cover future medical expenses stemming from […]
2024 Workers Comp Telemedicine – Going Strong But Limited
2024 Workers Comp Telemedicine – Going Strong But Limited

2024 Workers Comp Telemedicine – Still A Market? Long before analyzing the 2024 Workers Comp telemedicine markets and years before COVID-19 caused an instant explosion of telehealth appointments.  Looking for technology among the NWCDC vendors […]
NCCI’s new Quarterly Economics Briefing & LMI
NCCI’s new Quarterly Economics Briefing & LMI

WHAT: NCCI releases 2 new reports: Quarterly Economics Briefing – Q1 2024 [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com] and the latest edition of Labor Market Insights [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com]  [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com] WHO: The report is authored by Executive Director & Senior Economist Stephen Cooper, and Economists Patrick Coate and […]
How AI can Help Streamline the Medicare Set-Aside Process
How AI can Help Streamline the Medicare Set-Aside Process

By Kimberly Wiswell, Director of Client Services, Embedded AI, Gradient AI Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements (MSAs) are an important part of workers’ compensation programs and assist in earmarking settlement funds to cover future medical expenses stemming […]
The Most Common Workers’ Compensation Injuries
The Most Common Workers’ Compensation Injuries

By: Tanisha Dilbert, Manager, Operations, Apricus In workers’ compensation staying well-informed about the most common and costly injuries is crucial to navigating the complexities of cases. This knowledge provides claims professionals with a thorough understanding […]
Subrogation Savoir-Faire: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Subrogation Savoir-Faire: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. Oh, that it wasn’t so, but today’s world of insurance claims adjusting, subrogation, and civil litigation rewards the ability of one party to take advantage of […]
NCCI’s Court Case Update – Idaho, Iowa, and New Mexico – April 2024
NCCI’s Court Case Update – Idaho, Iowa, and New Mexico – April 2024

Idaho, Medical Benefit Payments On April 2, 2024, the Supreme Court of Idaho, in Thompson v. Burley Inn, Inc., held that an employer/workers compensation insurer (E/C) was required to reimburse an employee’s medical expenses for the […]
Genetic Testing and Risk Assessments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Genetic Testing and Risk Assessments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

By: Spencer Sherman, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacist, Enlyte Pharmacy Solutions On December 19, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first test (AvertD) that uses DNA in assessing whether certain individuals may have an elevated […]

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