Viewpoint: Telehealth Risks and Predicted Impacts For 2022 January 6, 2022 By Judy Klein The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the delivery of healthcare – including the adoption of telehealth, defined as the delivery and facilitation...
Friss: Fraud Investigations Rising Even as Claims Volumes Drop June 29, 2020 By Jim Sams Fraud inevitably rises after natural disasters and during economic downturns. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought both conditions to the entire...
Telemedicine Surges in Michigan as Doctors Close Offices April 13, 2020 DETROIT — The closure of doctors’ offices across Michigan during the new coronavirus pandemic has spurred a statewide surge in...
Fla. Lawmakers Mull Bill that Would Allow Documents to be Signed Online March 28, 2019 By Meryl Kornfield TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida legislature is considering making it possible for people to have legal documents notarized online. House...
Employers, Workers’ Comp Carriers Eye Rehab in Latest Telehealth Offering December 18, 2017 By Denise Johnson Though employers and workers’ compensation insurers have been utilizing telemedicine for quite some time, there’s been a recent uptick in...
Allianz: Cyber Security, Regulation and Cost Cutting Impact Global Shipping Losses July 26, 2017 Large shipping losses have declined by 50 percent over the past decade, mostly driven by the development of a more...
Workers’ Comp to Benefit From New Technology February 15, 2017 By Denise Johnson New technology promises to improve workers’ compensation programs, according to a Marsh webcast broadcast last week. According to Tom Ryan,...
Decline in ER Visits, Claims Costs Spurs EMPLOYERS to Expand Nurse Triage Hotline November 28, 2016 By Denise Johnson Reductions in emergency room visits and total claim costs prompted EMPLOYERS, a small business insurance specialist, to expand its Injured...
Remote Alaska Port Clinic Taps Satellite Technology to Offer Telemedicine September 27, 2016 By RACHEL D'ORO The only clinic in one of the nation’s busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for...
Federal Judge Bars Texas Telemedicine Rules From Taking Effect June 4, 2015 By DAVID WARREN A federal judge has determined claims made by the Texas Medical Board in adopting new telemedicine rules were “suspect” and...