Case Management Insights

When a worker is injured on the job, it can be stressful for the worker, the employer, and even the claims adjuster or manager as they consider the right response to the injury, managing the care needed and time off…

Workers’ compensation and case management are inextricable from the other. Medical management professionals involved in helping an employee travel the road to recovery and return safely to work hold two different—but not discrete—responsibilities: First, to the affected employee, and second…

Each year millions of claims are submitted by workers who may have suffered a work-related injury or illness. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private injury employers in 2019 alone. Of…

The battle of the bulge has been a losing battle for many as the obesity rate for Americans has steadily increased to over 40%. More and more of the population, as indicated, have problems with weight management due to a…

In the wake of COVID-19 healthcare professionals worldwide are experiencing drastic changes in how they work and care for their patients – changes which not only impact hospital and acute care professionals,  but changes with rippling impacts to health care…

In January 2018, the American Heart Association published an estimate that 103 million U.S. adults have high blood pressure, which accounts for nearly half of all adults in the United States. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, can lead…

Last year (2019), in the state of Massachusetts, a little over 1,600 new workers compensation cases were filed. A number representing a very small percentage of the Massachusetts employment rate which is estimated at over 3.7M individuals. Good job Massachusetts, you’re staying…