The Impact of High Employee Morale on Workers Compensation Costs Workers' compensation costs can be an expensive business expense. Every time you add a new employee, you must factor in their insurance coverage which includes workers' compensation. While there are cost containment strategies you can implement to reduce them without sacrificing the fate
3 Easy Ways To Reduce Workers’ Compensation Costs For Traveling Employees Accidents can happen even in the most safety-conscious workplace, and that risk is multiplied when employees go out to perform their work while moving from one place to another. Moreover, the injuries that traveling workers might sustain can be pretty
Embarking on a New Job While Receiving Workers' Comp Benefits - Is it Legal? This article is intended to give injured employees some enlightenment about workers’ compensation benefits. Many employees who suffer from work-related injury consider looking for a new job or career for certain reasons. As a matter of fact,
How To Implement An Effective Injury Triage Program One of the main goals of a responsible employer is to provide a safe work environment for employees. That being said, it is also crucial for organizations to prepare for any workplace risks, accidents, and injures that may occur. When companies have a
Understanding Mental Health in Workers’ Compensation There is an extremely thin line that separates workers’ compensation and mental health. While both employers and insurers strive to reject mental health conditions as part of workers’ compensation coverage, claims for treatment due to work-related stress is increasing. Working with an experienced workers compensation
Workers’ Compensation: The Need to Treat Depression After a Workplace Injury When an accident happens in the workplace, the state’s workers’ compensation is almost always involved. This is a major part of its role in providing timely care to injured workers. The benefits the program delivers is intended to provide physical
What is a Medical Provider Network and What is Its Role in Workers’ Compensation Generally, a medical provider network (MPN) is a group of medical and health care providers including hospitals, doctors, laboratories, therapists, etc., and one of their main objectives is to enter into a contract with health plans to
3 Things You Need To Know About Opioids And Pain Management Injuries in the workplace can sometimes come with chronic physical pain, requiring a complex pain control or pain management treatment plan involving a team of physicians across multiple disciplines. A workers comp pain management treatment plan takes a lot of
Things You Need to Know About Work Injury Rehabilitation Workplace accidents and injuries are not uncommon in the U.S. In fact they happen every single day. In 2019, the amount of money lost due to work injuries was $171.0 billion. Most employees may be involved in similar workplace accidents but for
What You Need to Know About Occupational Diseases and Workers' Compensation Whenever a topic about workers’ compensation is raised, many people almost always associate it with benefits employees receive as a result of injuries sustained from work-related accidents. While it is true, not really all work-related injuries are caused by accidents.
