Silver Linings in 2020 [Video]
Watch Alex share some silver linings from 2020, with recommendations on how to leverage this year’s positive trends to help you find greater success.
Keys to Building Relationships
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As Case Management Week comes to a close, we want to recognize all of our Coventry Case Managers for their dedication and commitment to helping injured workers return to work, to play, to life.
Unlocking the Benefits Behind Custom Networks
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In this era of rapid changes to health care, networks are becoming more important than ever.
Bringing value-based contracting to workers’ comp offers opportunities and challenges
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Ask almost anyone what’s wrong with health care in the U.S. and you’re likely to hear about runaway costs. The other common refrain is that for all we spend as a country, the results, too often, are only lackluster. One hoped-for remedy to the nation’s health care ills is so-called value-based contracting. This involves paying a fixed amount for a procedure—and for the results—rather than paying for each CPT code or procedure performed. Value-based scenarios are drawing more interest in group health. But how this setup would unfold in workers’ compensation remains less clear due to the industry environment.
The Black Lives Matter Movement Is Changing Us for the Better
The first half of 2020 has been unprecedented. There has been some good, a lot of bad and even some ugly. But when I step back and think of one word that sums it all up, it is change. Looking back at where we were as recently as mid-February, our industry was slated for powerful growth and business-as-usual meant powering forward like any other year.
Brand and Generic Medication Trends
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In this final post related to our in-network and out-of-network analysis we are taking a closer look at brand and generic medication trends in workers’ comp. Stay tuned for more posts addressing specific trends highlighted in the next piece of our drug trends series focusing on opioids.
Getting Into Insurance? The Insurance Industry Outlook is Brighter than Ever
Over the last decade, the insurance industry has undergone dramatic changes that have catapulted it to the forefront of the American consciousness, driven by advancements in technology, shifts in consumer demand and growth in creative advertising. Now the last several months have brought a tidal wave of new changes upon us, and forced the industry to innovate and operate in ways we never thought possible.