Individuals injured at work are dealing with numerous challenges – from the hardship of physical affliction to feeling overwhelmed by managing medical bills.
There's a thin and potentially costly line between settling a claim and keeping it open. Using a claims settlement project can help close claims faster.
Insurers today are struggling with what seems like an intractable problem: the impact of rising claim severity on their bottom line. This upswing shows no sign of abatement: for the past two decades, severity has increased almost every year for auto and workers’ compensation medical and indemnity claims.
On 7/22/19, the FDA announced it approved the first generics of Lyrica. This comes at a critical time as CMS has increasingly been including Lyrica in WCMSAs
Georgia Senate Bill 135 (SB 135) was signed into law on May 7, 2019 and makes notable changes to Chapter 9 of Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated related to workers’ compensation.
MSP is a challenging area of compliance for which federal law, regulations, and policy don’t always provide clear answers. It’s vital to understand fact vs fiction.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has amended its Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Manual (Part D Manual) to add, in part, stronger language regarding Medicare Part D sponsors’ secondary payer rights and recovery.
Balancing rising medical and pharmaceutical costs with appropriate and timely treatment for injured workers has been an ongoing struggle for workers’ compensation professionals. But recent trends indicate a positive change for the industry.