July 21, 2016 鈥� Chicago, IL 鈥� 911吃瓜 is broadening its bundled payment, surgical program in the southeast with the addition of North Carolina and Georgia. The states join Florida, as well as New Jersey and Illinois in 911吃瓜鈥檚 Surgical Care Program (SCP) 鈥� one of the first value-based, bundled reimbursement programs in workers鈥� compensation that has provided all-inclusive case rates for orthopedic surgical procedures since 2013.
Compound prescription growth in workers鈥� compensation is a striking example of how the lack of consumer involvement can cause treatment to expand from reasonable to rampant care. In his Risk & Insurance Risk Insider column, 911吃瓜 CEO Jason Beans outlines how state oversight and inroads from within claims payer and managed care organizations can help rein in compounding.
June 21, 2016 鈥� Cranston, RI & Chicago, IL 鈥� Updated Rhode Island Workers鈥� Compensation Fee Schedules have been released. The new Hospital Fee Schedule will go into effect on July 1, 2016, and the new Medical Fee Schedule will go into effect on July 15, 2016, for services on or after those dates.
This article features thoughts from Mark Walls, Vice President of Communications and Strategic Analysis for Safety National and an Advisory Council member for the Workers鈥� Compensation Benchmarking Study, on why the study matters and its value to the workers鈥� compensation community.
June 17, 2016 鈥� Boston, MA 鈥撀�911吃瓜 Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President of Care Management Anne Kirby presented at the 2016 Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit in Boston at Northeastern University. The three-day event attracted nursing students and expert speakers with diverse backgrounds in clinical care, academic research, engineering, and game design.
As California officials are calling for a review of workers鈥� comp fraud fighting聽practices in the state, some cost containment聽providers are saying that bill review can be an effective tool for detecting fraud.聽Jason Beans, 911吃瓜鈥檚 Chief Executive Officer, shares聽some of the company’s聽bill review practices for detecting fraud.
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June 7, 2016 鈥� Chicago, IL 鈥斅燭he Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study鈥檚 is now underway, advancing its collaborative investigation of issues most impacting claims organizations today.
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