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 [...]
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rationale for utilizing the clinical practice guidelines we currently use as "the National Guideline Clearinghouse has withdrawn approval."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 [...]
I have read multiple blogging prognosticators discussing their predictions for workers' compensation in 2017. Some funny, some serious. Just ask my husband, I always have to either have the last word or at least make sure my opinion is also included in any discussion. So here goes with my [...]
CompAlliance is honored to be speaking at the WCI2016 Center for Excellence on “Driving Value through Quality,” with panel members Denise Algire, director of managed care and disability for the Albertsons Company in Pleasanton, Calif.; Linda Van Dillen, Chief Communications Officer of CompAlliance Managed Care in Merriam, Kan.; and Kylanne [...]
CompAlliance is pleased to announce a new service offering, Vocational Rehabilitation Service, in the State of Minnesota under our new branch affiliate name of CompAllianceQRC. Click on this Link for full details of the CompAllianceQRC Vocational Rehabilitation Services in Minnesota. https://www.compalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CompAllianceQRC-in-MN-Flyer-May-1-2016.pdf
Did you know a nurse was one of the reasons America joined WW1? Happy Nurse Case Management Week! Here is a little known story about the nursing profession. Edith Cavell was born in 1865 and was a pioneer in nursing. She trained under Florence Nightingale and one of her [...]
When are full onsite case management referrals effective? Currently we at CompAlliance are seeing a trend towards more Task Assignments for episodic case management intervention in workers’ compensation cases. In our post yesterday we discussed when we believe a Task Assignment can be effective. Today we are going to review [...]
Task assignments can be a cost-effective method of obtaining information or file movement when a workers’ compensation case only requires limited activity or a “snapshot” of information. Typically these assignments request attendance at one physician appointment to obtain information that has been difficult to obtain, one visit to a [...]
