Industry Insights
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Lakshmikanthan: Payoffs for AI in Commercial Insurance | 11/06/2018 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The commercial insurance industry is in an early and exciting stage of adopting artificial intelligence. With widespread acceptance, AI is slated to provide a large source of value and a be key driver of competitive advantage going forward. ...Read More | |||
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Anders: Apparent Change in CMS Policy Expands Inclusion of Lyrica in MSAs | 11/05/2018 | |
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| Source: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Lyrica is a brand name-only medication that costs $8.91 per pill at 150 milligrams. Over a 20-year life expectancy, this is close to $200,000 in an Medicare set-aside allocation. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Workers' Comp Claim Counts Are Down … Right? | 11/02/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recently released analysis of workers’ comp claim frequency tells us what we’ve known for years: The percentage of workers who get hurt on the job has been ...Read More | |||
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Fein: Adopting New Standards of Safety | 11/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The duty of insurers is not to deny the need for new standards but to dedicate themselves to standardizing new — and superior — levels of safety. ...Read More | |||
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Young: An Interesting Approach | 10/31/2018 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Recently I became aware of an interesting experiment by State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Duty of Care vs. Utilization Review | 10/30/2018 | |
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| Source: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Worker's Malpractice Action Against UR Doctor Comes to an End is WorkCompCen...Read More | |||
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Langham: I Am Not Available | 10/29/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I had a recent inquiry that returned my attention yet again to the notice of unavailability. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Who's Investing in Work Comp Services Now? | 10/26/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Several years ago it was smaller private equity firms who bought companies for $75 million to $200 million, built them up and sold them off. Then it was the bigger PE firms that put together a couple of these and hoped to sell them for more than they paid, and were mostly successful....Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Hikida and the Importance of a Good Doctor | 10/25/2018 | |
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| By: Benjamin G. Goldstein | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For many years now, employers have been able to rely on the holdings on Brodie v. WCAB and Benson v. Workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
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Mejia: Implications of SB 562 on the State Workers' Compensation System | 10/24/2018 | |
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| By: Karen P. Mejia | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The availability of 24-hour medical care regardless of pre-existing conditions, illness and cause of injury could soon be available in California. ...Read More | |||
