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Innovation is Necessary to Meet the Challenge of COVID in 2022

Workers' Compensation

A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. Background The workers’ compensation system faces an enormous challenge in 2022 as the novel consequences of the most recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection engulf the nation.

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Rapid, accurate and consistent decisions will depend on the degree of agility workers’ compensation systems can achieve on these potentially complex cases and constrained operating environments. An order by public health or a physician for quarantine or hospitalization as a result of contact tracing is significant evidence.