Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance in Japan is about to replace claim adjusters with a software robot from IBM. The computer will scan hospital records and other documents to determine insurance payouts, factoring injuries, patient medical histories and procedures administered. Could that be the future of case management? Manufacturing jobs [...]
I was reading an article today in the New York Times titled, "Rude Doctors, Rude Nurses, Rude Patients". In this article they refer to a study on Rudeness and Medical Team Performance in a NICU. The findings were interesting. Rudeness has robust, deleterious effects on the performance of medical teams. [...]
CompAlliance completed a mid-cycle monitoring review related to our URAC Case Management Accreditation on April 11, 2017. We received notification on Wednesday April 12, 2017 that our organization was considered compliant with the URAC mandatory standards for Case Management as of the date of the review. In their notification [...]
Sometimes, discoveries happen when we least expect them or processes evolve in ways we hadn't anticipated. One case in point would be the invention of penicillin, and Pacemakers were a byproduct of research on hypothermia. Serendipity happens with all kinds of everyday products, too. One of my personal favorite is [...]
Are you a proponent for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder? Do you believe that a 12 Step Program should not incorporate MAT? Is addiction is a voluntary disorder in your opinion? There was a very interesting article posted today on MedScape for Nurses, titled "Opioid Crisis [...]
I was reading a blog post today by Mark Pew on Overcoming with Community . Mark talked about the isolation addicts usually are in while in the throes of their addiction. Mark advocated for all of us to be community for these troubled individuals. I believe in the positive benefits [...]
CompAlliance is honored to be speaking at the Iowa Occupational Health Symposium on April 20, 2017. Linda Van Dillen will be discussing issues related to opioids and marijuana in the workplace, and best practices to employ when designing a Drug Free Workplace. There are some really interesting sessions detailed [...]
Over the past few years I have read about legislation in many states beginning to cover heart disease, heart attacks and hypertension. I noted some states were more liberal in their interpretation than others. For example in Florida, The Presumptive Disability Law for public officers states, Any condition or [...]
OSHA posts additional guidance regarding drug testing post-accident. http://bit.ly/2nx14ey
According to the National Safety Council, Missouri’s legislature is again mired in debate over implementation of a proposed prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). As a past Missouri native, this reluctance to implement a PDMP is distressing. PDMPs are databases designed to track prescribing and dispensing of controlled prescription drugs. [...]
CompAlliance received a letter from a petitioner's attorney requesting we provide our rationale for utilizing the clinical practice guidelines we currently use as "the National Guideline Clearinghouse has withdrawn approval." In addition, the "guidelines are neither dictated nor mandated in Illinois." To answer the second part of this attorney's [...]
