Risk Manager’s View of Workers’ Compensation

At the 2018 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, a panel of risk managers discussed the evolving workforce and it’s impact on workers’ compensation. The panel included: Susan Donegan – Chief Regulatory Officer, NCCI (moderator) Michelle Adams – VP Risk Management Services, Walt Disney World Resort Marc Salm – VP Risk Management, Publix Super Markets, Inc. Melanie […]

The Economy and Workers’ Compensation

At the 2018 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, Robert Hartwig, Clinical Associate Professor of Finance at the University of South Carolina gave a fast-paced session highlighting the impact the economy is having on workers’ compensation. The highlights: Growth of workers’ compensation premiums is tied to growth in our economy and our economy is growing right now. […]

NCCI State of the Line Report

At the 2018 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium, Kathy Antonello, Chief Actuary for NCCI, gave the State of the Line presentation. The highlights: Last year brought double-digit rate decreases in almost half of the NCCI states. Tax reform is having a significant impact on the workers’ compensation line. Workers’ compensation net written premiums dropped 0.7% to […]

NCCI Opening Session

Bill Donnell, President and CEO of NCCI, kicked off the 2018 NCCI Annual Issues Symposium with a discussion of The Future@Work. Back in the early 90’s, the workers’ comp industry experienced six consecutive years of losses. Contract that with industry profitability the last 6 years. The market has gone up and down over the years […]

Strategies for Opioid Intervention

At the 2018 Insurance Rehab Synergy Group Annual Conference Robert Hall, MD and Tron Emptage both from Optium Workers’ Compensation, discussed opioid intervention strategies. One of the problems is that opioid medications are too easy to obtain: 60% of US citizens have leftover narcotics in their home. 70% of opioid prescriptions abused come from a […]

Rehabilitation and Recovery

At the 2018 Insurance Rehab Synergy Group Annual Conference, a panel was a “fireside chat” on the past and future of rehabilitation and recovery. The panel included: Mark Ashley, SC.D, CCC-SLP, CCM, CBIST – President/CEO Centre for Neuro Skills Gary Ulichny, PhD – President/CEO GRU Health Care Kenny Hosack – Craig Hospital Natalie Hefner – […]

Post-Concussive Syndrome

At the 2018 Insurance Rehab Synergy Group Annual Conference, Elizabeth Sandel, MD, Medical Director for Paradigm Managment Services, discussed post-concussive syndrome. Annually there around 2.5 million people with concussions and it is estimated that 25% of the population will have a concussion at some point in their life. Incidents of concussions are up significantly, but […]

Telemedicine

At the 2018 Insurance Rehab Synergy Group Annual Conference, a panel discussed the use of telemedicine. The panel included: Mark Johnson – Sedgwick (moderator) Teresa Bartlett, MD – SVP and Senior Medical Officer, Sedgwick Alan Lee, PT, DPT, PhD, CWS – Professor, Mount Saint Mary’s University Ted Jeffries – Director of Claims, Missouri Employers Mutual […]

Treatment Guidelines and Drug Formularies

At the 2018 Insurance Rehab Synergy Group Annual Conference, Ingrid O’Keefe from MCG Health discussed the use of evidence based medicine in the development of treatment guidelines and drug formularies in workers’ compensation. Evidence based medicine is healthcare based on clinical studies of what works best and what does not. It involves transparent literature review […]

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