Industry Insights
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Lakshmikanthan: AI in Claims Operations: Lessons Culled From the Early Innings | 03/07/2019 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While there are many different segments of the commercial insurance industry, they often share a similar story. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Efforts to Streamline Conditional Payment Recovery Process Continue | 03/06/2019 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced two upcoming webinars aimed at addressing payment functionalities within both the Medicare Secondary Payment Recovery Portal (MSPRP) and Commercial Repayment Center Portal. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Watered-Down Supplemental Benefits Bill Heads to Governor | 03/05/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A watered-down version of the original New Jersey supplemental workers’ compensation benefits bill has been approved by the Legislature. It now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy for review. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Efforts to Block Subpoena of Applicant's Employment Records | 03/04/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Are you seeing more cases where applicants' attorneys start fighting subpoenas for prior records? ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: WCRI: Deductibles and Claims | 03/01/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I showed up late to the Workers Compensation Research Institute's annual meeting Thursday in Phoenix, and thanks to American Airlines I missed three great sessions. Two dealt with opioids and one was a deep dive into coordinating medical and return-to-work services. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: A Kentucky Lawyer Writes on Black Lung Disease Law and Policy | 02/28/2019 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In an article published in 2018, author Evan Barrett Smith addresses current issues surrounding the federal Black Lung Benefits Act. His focus is principally on legal developments since the ye...Read More | |||
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Langham: Definitions, Due Process and Waiver | 02/27/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court decision in Melendez v. Fresh Start General Remodeling and Contracting illustrates some interesting aspects of workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: More Challenges in WC Teaching: Permanent Partial Disability | 02/26/2019 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Nothing more quickly allows me as a teacher to reveal and explore the fault lines of workers’ compensation theory than the subject of permanent partial disability. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Looking for Miracles Under Every Rock | 02/25/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' comp claim analytics posts I have written were about my search of a good claim analytics package. Unfortunately, my search ended up like my search for workers' comp apps: disappointed with still a hope for the future. ...Read More | |||
| Lynch: The Wizard Behind the Curtain, Part 2 | 02/22/2019 | ||
| By: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let me tell you a story. The year is 2015, and a workers’ compensation consultant is sitting in a highly respected insurer’s plush conference room. The consultant is meeting with the insurer’s senior vice president of claims to negotiate price for an innovative specialty...Read More | |||
