Industry Insights
Moore: Are X-Mod Predictions Accurate? | 06/30/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Most experience modification predictions can be a tedious process that has confounded most people working in the world of workers’ comp for decades. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Where Have All the Generalists Gone? | 05/02/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
The all-lines claims adjusters have now faded into the mist. I rarely run into these generalists who can adjust all the aspects of a claim or handle auto, workers' comp, liability and the many lines of a personal or business insurance policy. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Bureau Rates Have Little Effect on Policies | 04/27/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Over the last two weeks, many articles have appeared in the workers' comp blogosphere where a public actuary disagreed with the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau over rate decreases versus rate increases. ...Read More | |||
More: When Words Matter | 04/20/2023 | ||
By: Keith More | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
As an attorney representing injured workers, it is easy to get lost in the weeds as we assist our clients in obtaining medical treatment. We ensure that the primary physicians make the requests for authorization and write reports substantiating the need for the recommended care. It can sometimes ...Read More | |||
Moore: A Question for ChatGPT About Minimum Disability Rates | 04/17/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
I decided to try to stump artificial intelligence again by asking ChatGPT a workers' comp minimum disability question. Minimum disability rates have long been a bane of mine. See this ar...Read More | |||
Moore: Three Rx Networks Everyone Can Use | 04/04/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Prescription networks (also known as pharmacy networks) have evolved over the years due to tech and the internet. In most posts, I do not recommend companies unless I have used them myself. A few years ago (2015), I recommended the prescription network BidRx. I will ...Read More | |||
Moore: Huge Hidden Effect of Catastrophic Claims | 03/14/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Mark Walls of Safety National and the Work Comp Analysis Group on LinkedIn posted quite interesting articles over the last two weeks on the hidden effect of catastrophic workers' comp claims. Check out ...Read More | |||
Moore: Physical Medicine: the Adjusters' Bane | 03/08/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
The Workers Compensation Research Institute's recent study and report on workers' comp physical medicine came as no surprise. After handling, consulting and performing studies on thousands of files, I noticed that when the cost of any medical treatment was reduced, the...Read More | |||
Moore: Health Index Reveals Workers' Comp Problem | 02/22/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A probable workers' comp problem was uncovered this week. Sometimes you come across articles and numbers by accident. This happened to me over a recent weekend. ...Read More | |||
Moore: The Workers' Comp Requirement Trap | 02/06/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I promised that I would cover the question, "How many employees can my company hire without having to buy a workers' comp policy?" The first part of the answer is to not place the business in a workers' comp requirement trap. Let us cover how to avoid the very expensiv...Read More | |||