Industry Insights
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Montgomery: NYSIF Switches Bill Review and Clearinghouse | 01/08/2025 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The New York State Insurance Fund has changed its bill review and electronic billing clearinghouse vendors. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Closing Out a Workers' Comp Year | 12/13/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| When closing out a workers' comp year as an employer, agent or adjuster, three things may make one think otherwise. Let us look at three things that make workers' comp close out on a calendar-year basis. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Telehealth Workers' Comp Guide (Part 1) | 12/04/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Telehealth is an increasingly important component of medical treatment, including for workers’ comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Providers Routinely Stiffed for IBR Filing Fee | 11/25/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| As reported last week, California providers' filing fee to request independent bill review will increase from $180 to $195 in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: DWC Identifies 'Poor' Work Comp Carriers | 10/28/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has released its official 2024 rankings of workers’ compensation insurance carriers, and the results are bad news for a handful of insurers. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: More 2,500 MPNs Vanish — Again | 10/15/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| By now, we’ve grown accustomed to the California Division of Workers’ Compensation utterly failing to manage the state’s medical provider network system. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: AI Worries Actuaries, Underwriters | 10/07/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| How worried are actuaries and underwriters concerning artificial intelligence replacing these two critical insurance personnel? ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Headache Avoidance for Adjusters | 09/30/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A five-minute or shorter review at the time of a workers' comp claim closing will avoid a situation that has become more common since the start of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: An Unfortunate Veto | 09/27/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed California Senate Bill 636, which would have required that utilization review for private employers be conducted only by California-licensed physicians. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: No, Doctors Aren't the Culprits | 09/17/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| It’s time to take a sledgehammer to one of the most pernicious myths about workers’ comp in California. ...Read More | |||
