This week I learned of the passing of Margaret “Peggy” Leonard, MS, RN-BC, FNP. She was a member of the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) since 1997 and served on the National Board from 2003-2010. While I did not know her personally, I attended many of the CMSA [...]
Over the past few months CompAlliance has been re-designing our website. We wanted to make it even more secure, responsive and informative. Our 2019 award winning CompTalk Blog is now front and center on our Home page. So is the CompAlliance Twitter feed. We share items of interest pertinent [...]
When we discuss the CompAlliance Alternative Transitional Duty Program (ATD) with our client partners, one of the advantages we discuss is the positivity that flows with assignment into our ATD program. The injured worker is working in an environment with other volunteers that WANT to be there, and are [...]
24/7 Nurse Triage - What it is and what it isn't? When your employee is injured on the job what do you as the employer do? Do you have protocols in writing for your employees so they know who to report to? Do you have procedures set up for your [...]
In Part 1 of this series I touched on the ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses and some of the responsibilities a nurse has when managing a patient in pain. I was asked after publishing Part 1 why a Case Manager would be responsible for [...]
Yesterday I touched on the ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses and some of the responsibilities a nurse has when managing a patient in pain. I was asked today why a Case Manager would be responsible for assisting in the management of pain, to describe [...]
I was reading an ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses as they fulfill their responsibility to provide optimal care to persons experiencing pain. We in the workers’ compensation industry have participated fully in the national debate on the (in)appropriate use of opioids for pain management. [...]
Written by Jay Garrard, VP of Operations, CompAlliance, Western Region. Joe Paduda wrote a spot-on article about the “buyer-user disconnect” the other day on his blog, Managed Care Matters, in which he examined issues surrounding the use of vendor portals. While there are a lot of “portals” out there, [...]
I attended the IAIABC “CompCon 2019” in San Diego this week. One of the sessions was a round-table between the Heads of Delegations from various states in the US, International Representatives from Germany, Canada, Russia and New South Wales and the IAIABC Associate Members (typically vendors who provide a [...]
Yesterday I had the opportunity to keynote and participate in a panel on Medical Marijuana and its implication in Workers' Compensation. It was a wonderful opportunity and I wanted to share a link to a TV news article from the event. If you would like to learn more about [...]
I read an interesting article on WorkCompCentral today regarding a class action suit by nurse case managers suing a case management company over the rights to overtime, rest and meal breaks while performing their duties as case managers. The assertion by the case managers was they did not use [...]
