Has OSHA Become a Friend to Insurers? By Daniel Miller A little-known regulation may provide a powerful tool outside of workers' comp law that can reduce fraud and lost work time.
Post-SB 863: Now How Do We Contain Costs? By Judy Adlam With the bill's failure to cut workers' comp costs, California should take three steps to encourage the right behavior by healthcare providers.
Oregon Study Shows Which States Are Next By Bob Wilson The workers' comp research suggests, for instance, that Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii and Delaware may see major reform efforts soon.
Good Answer (Maybe) on Opioids in California By Mark Webb The new research is right that a formulary could cut lots of workers' comp costs -- but other attempts have failed.
What Flight Crews Can Teach Workers' Comp By David DePaolo Every professional should learn to fly a plane because the training teaches clear communication, decision making and planning.
WCAB Limits Review of UR Decisions By Richard Jacobsmeyer California's Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reverses itself and says utilization reviews can only be contested based on timeliness.
Why Workers' Comp File Reviews Can Be a Waste of Time By Daniel Holden Unless you do some serious prep work, you might as well not bother.
ICD-10 Delay Creates Workers' Comp Mess By Karen Wolfe Pushing implementation back another year raises costs and creates confusion for healthcare providers, billers and payers alike.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.