Expert Analysis

Adam Levell, Senior Counsel, NCCI Annializ Lima Hevia, Staff Counsel, NCCI On September 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of Idaho, in Smith v. Excel Fabrication, LLC, reversed its previous precedent when it held that independent contractors are […]

Workers’ Comp has two distinct aspects in the provision of care.  There is the obligatory requirements under the “grand bargain” and then there are the emerging patient engagement strategies being discussed at State and National […]

By Dr. Claire Muselman & Kai Harrington Is it time for leaders to embrace vulnerability? The answer is a resounding YES! In 2023, vulnerability in leadership is often overlooked, overshadowed by metrics, data, and compliance. […]

Workers’ Compensation in 2023  By Gary L. Wickert  It has been seven years since we first published our rankings of the ten best and ten worst states for workers’ compensation subrogation. Since then, case decisions […]

By Donita Stacker, Sr. Manager, Operations, Apricus, an Enlyte company The importance of transportation in health care outcomes—sometimes an overlooked factor—plays a pivotal role in access to needed health care services. One review found that […]

On September 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of Delaware, in Horizon Services, Inc. v. Henry, reversed its previous precedent and held that the state’s workers compensation (WC) law allows an employer/carrier (E/C) to assert a subrogation lien […]

By Jesse Meschuk, Senior Advisor, Exequity Each week, the number of organizations announcing their return to the office grows. Zoom, the company whose technology helped drive the remote work movement during the pandemic, recently announced its employees would […]

These two words capture two distinct understandings of how to reduce Workers’ Compensation claims costs. The current hot topic of “patient engagement” has a lot to do with monitoring technology with the emergence of wearables […]