- Q&A: Michele Adams, Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition
Michele Adams is chairwoman of the Washington-based Medicare Advocacy Recovery Coalition and director of claims management, business strategies and risk management services at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
- Attacks on hospital nurses trigger state laws to protect them
Recent acts of violence against health care employees are leading more states to take action to protect medical workers’ safety.
- Workers compensation insurer rate cuts may follow profitable 2014
Workers compensation insurers could see their first year of underwriting profitability in nearly a decade due to rate increases, an improving economy, and a focus on data analytics that has helped improve underwriting and workplace safety.
- Listing preauthorized medical procedures ruled within N.Y. comp board's powers
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board was within its regulatory powers when it created a list of preauthorized medical procedures, and it properly places the burden of proving medical necessity on an injured worker’s treating…