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. [...]
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 [...]
CompAlliance will be exhibiting again this year at the NWCDC. One or more of our service lines have been supporting and exhibiting at this conference since 1998! So why should you take the time to stop by, surely you have heard it all before, right? Wrong! I read a [...]
Return to Work vs. Return to Function – Government/Regulators Part 5 In Part 4 of this series, dated 11/9/2018, I discussed the “What’s in It for the Insurer” regarding RTW. Today I will discuss the common perceptions, misconceptions and the “What’s in it for the Government/Regulator, and a best [...]
In Part 2 of this series, dated 9/27/2018, I discussed the “What’s in It for the Injured Worker and the Union” regarding RTW. Today I will discuss the common perceptions, misconceptions, the “What’s in it for the Caregiver/Provider” and a best practice statement by the IAIABC. Please refer to [...]
In Part 1 of this series I discussed the completion of the IAIABC Return to Work paper and whether we as a workers’ compensation community need to ultimately focus on Return to Function or Return to Work. We also defined the stakeholders we believe that are in the Workers’ [...]
This week I was honored to present at the NAOHP (National Association of Occupational Health Professionals) 32nd National Conference in Nashville, TN on a paper prepared by the IAIABC on RTW. It was my second time presenting at this conference. The NAOHP is a group of healthcare professionals [...]
The URAC Accreditation Committee met on August 14, 2018 and reviewed the CompAlliance application for re-accreditation for Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management Version 7.3 Program. The Accreditation Committee voted to grant CompAlliance FULL Accreditation pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management, Version 7.3 Program. This award is effective from September [...]
