Transitional duty is defined as a temporary assignment to a modified (schedule, job tasks) version of one’s regular job or even reassignment to another position while recovering from injury or illness ...
Read More One of the most common types of employer fraud in workers' compensation is employers who lie to the insurance company about the payroll classification of their workers and salaries that have been ...
Read More The workers’ compensation industry has been my home, and my family for the past (almost) 18 years. This has been a space of such fantastic opportunity and enhancement of the human spirit. This space is ...
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The top cost drivers in the system are*:
Litigation
Lost time
The “at-risk employee”
Employer / Employee relationship
Opioids
Comorbidities
Age of the injured worker
Injuries with ...
Read More Most States require the workers' compensation administrator reimburse medical transportation expenses to the injured worker. Most workers compensation systems utilize the federal mileage reimbursement ...
Read More While some of the pandemic-induced restrictions on everyday life will eventually recede along with the virus, some changes are likely to linger. More of us will keep working from home. We’ll likely ...
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On December 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the NGHP User Guide (Chapter III: Policy Guidance) to incorporate a prior Total Payment Obligation to Claimant (TPOC) ...
Read More The Texas Department of Insurance's Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) has reminded Texas employers about the dangers of fatigue in the workplace. DWC's most recent Safety&Work Newsletter included ...
Read More Coventry recently met with Anne Levins, our Senior Vice President of Product Strategy & Analytics to talk about the boom in employee turnover in 2020 and 2021, as well as its ramifications in ...
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