Industry Insights
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 | |||
Moore: Comp Conferences to Attend in 2023 | 01/30/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The 2023 workers' comp conferences are the true return to normal. One of the most common questions I receive is what conferences will I be attending this year. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Visiting ER a Touchy Subject | 01/27/2023 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
This is my angle on workers' comp emergency rooms as initial medical treatment providers. I am not discouraging anyone to not go to an emergency room. What I am covering is minor injury treatment through emergency rooms. Read on to see how I discovered a massive cost-cutting me...Read More | |||
Moore: X-Mod Projections Are a Budget Helper | 12/19/2022 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I have been asked to provide numerous types of experience modification projections over the years. Why do them? Let us look at an example. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Is Maximum Weekly Benefit Fair to Injured Workers? | 12/02/2022 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
One of the most common disputes I received in my claims/risk management career was when I had to explain a workers' comp maximum weekly benefit to a high-earning injured worker. ...Read More | |||