Stakeholders have asked for an update of the WC Medical Share of Losses, originally shared during Annual Insights Symposium (AIS) 2024 and AIS 2025. Key Findings What's Causing This Decline? The answer is in the underlying medical and […]

Back to Claims School A medical report can contain familiar words and still leave the claims professional with important questions. The diagnosis may be listed while the connection to the reported injury remains unclear. Restrictions […]

What Do You Think? Does two plus two ever equal two? In Illinois, it may. Illinois employers and workers compensation carriers need to know about the “the two physicians” rule. A recent case involving a […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates its reimbursement rules and rates for medical services each year. NCCI highlights some of the most relevant changes in the 2026 update for the following service […]

Compliance Corner In New York, an injured employee may, when care is required, select to treat her any physician authorized by the chair to render medical care. But there are instances when an employer may […]

Compliance Corner Did you know that the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court is not bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence? Accordingly, as Simply Research subscribers know, with respect to medical evidence […]

Webinar Beat With advancements in medical treatments and changes in how workers' compensation is handled across the country, it's tempting to say that the future is now, but the reality remains that the future is […]

A group of transnational medical scientists found an innovative treatment that could significantly improve the survival rate of people with pleural mesothelioma. The study published earlier this year in JAMA Oncology presents a trial study […]