As of 3/17/20, all the Social Security Administration field offices have been closed to the public in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic according to its website.…
In an alert dated 3/17/20, CMS announced beginning 4/25/20, it will use the new 2017 CDC life table to calculate adjusted life expectancies in Workers’ Compensation…
Legal analytics make it possible for insurers to derive actionable insights from legal data to improve claims handling and litigation outcomes.
Workers’ comp analytics can improve claims process by identifying high-severity claims early, promoting consistency in claim handling, and improving return-to-work…
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…
In a significant new case out of California, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit)[1] in California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) v. Azar,…
On 9/12/19, CMS announced beginning 10/12/19, it will use the new 2016 CDC Life Table to calculate adjusted life expectancies in WCMSAs.
The NCCI new indemnity data call initiative is scheduled to launch in Q2 of 2020, with the certification and testing process slated to begin in Q1 of 2020.
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…
MSP compliance is rapidly evolving – policy changes, stricter regulations, new legislation, and emerging case law are making compliance more complex.
In an alert dated December 5, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that beginning January 5, 2019, they will use the new 2015 CDC Life…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its low dollar recovery threshold for 2019 via an alert dated November 15, 2018. CMS is generally…
On July 26, 2018, H.R. 6619- Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2018 in the U.S. House of Representatives were introduced.
Balancing rising medical and pharmaceutical costs with appropriate and timely treatment for injured workers has been an ongoing struggle for workers’ compensation…