Jan
29

Webinar to Examine 2018 Work Comp Benchmarking Study Results | Best Strategies to Advance Medical Management | Jan 2019

January 29, 2019 – Chicago, IL – Experts from Rising’s sixth annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study will share 2018 research results in an upcoming webinar. The discussion will focus on solutions for a key dilemma that threatens effective claims management and organizational viability year after year – ever-escalating medical costs.  Entitled “Advancing Medical Management,” this free webinar will take place on Thursday, February 14, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST.

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Jan
11

Workers’ Comp Leaders Embrace Progressive Thinking to Reduce Medical Spend featuring Rising’s Work Comp Benchmark Study | Risk & Insurance | Jan 2019

This feature article reports on the most promising and realistic medical management strategies recommended in the 2018 Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study to help claims organizations reduce ever-growing medical spend. The study’s findings are the result of focus group research with over 40 executives from a national cross-section of self-insured employers, national and regional carriers, state funds, TPAs, brokerages and industry consultancies.

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Dec
18

Work Comp Benchmark Study Releases Annual 2018 Report on Advancing Medical Management | Dec 2018

December 18, 2018 – Chicago, IL – Since the Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study launched in 2013, claims leaders have consistently ranked medical management as the core competency most critical to claim outcomes. With medical costs representing more than 60 percent of claims costs in many jurisdictions, the study’s Advisory Council recommended the 2018 study further investigate how high performing claims payers are surmounting this top industry challenge.

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Aug
01

Work Comp Benchmark Study: Top 3 Ways to Close the Claims Performance Gap | Aug 2018

Study results indicates only 24 percent of claims organizations are high performers, so how do the other 76 percent catch up?   This short report – “How to Close the Claims Performance Gap: Top 3 Findings in 5 Years of the Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study” –  condenses the study’s multi-year benchmarking data into the top three practices claims organizations should adopt to join their more successful peers, or risk falling further behind.  >> Five minutes to read.

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Jun
19

Rising Extends Payer Technology Hub with Enhanced Official Disability Guidelines™ Analytics | Jun 2018

Chicago, IL – June 19, 2018 – Rising Medical Solutions, a longtime MCG Health Company partner, is now rolling out MCG’s powerful Official Disability Guidelines™ (ODG) analytics directly to customer users. Rising’s latest enhancement to its client web portal, VISION™, provides users with single sign-on access to ODG’s robust claims scoring capabilities, enabling claims professionals

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