Insights
Improving Date of Injury Outcomes with Pharmacy Management
June 1, 2018
5 MIN READWorkers’ compensation claims can extend many months or even years from date of injury until closure. This can make it difficult to pinpoint the most impactful moments of action. In retrospect, we can often see where improvements could have been made, whether that is intervening in the injured workers’ recovery or partnering with companies that set you up for claims success.
Guidewire Connections 2018
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Pharmacy Management: A Proactive Approach
April 30, 2018
8 MIN READA workers’ compensation claim is often a long and complicated process for the injured worker, generally involving multiple groups focused on the injured workers’ recovery. The average duration of a claim can easily exceed 15 months, depending on the severity of the injury, jurisdictional requirements and the overall health of the injured worker.
Diagnostics Systems Key to Proper and Safe Repairs for Fountain Valley Body Shop
April 21, 2018
4 MIN READSince opening his Fountain Valley body shop over 40 years ago, owner Dave March has had a front row seat witnessing the evolution of the collision repair industry. In 1974 when his shop opened, only one automobile manufacturer offered airbags, and the NHTSA was still five years away from crash-testing popular cars to encourage manufacturers to improve the safety of their vehicles.
January 2018 Used Vehicle Market Conditions
April 3, 2018
3 MIN READWholesale used vehicle prices started the year in the pattern that characterized much of 2017 in the months prior to hurricane season. Namely, car prices tended to fall while truck prices provided a boost to average wholesale values. In January, car prices continued to show year-over-year price declines, while truck prices did the opposite, but that situation is moving towards parity, as indicated by strong month-over-month increases in car prices.
AASCIF Annual Conference
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Average Length of Rental for Repairable Vehicles: Q4 2017
March 17, 2018
4 MIN READAverage Length of Rental (LOR) for Q4 2017 landed at 12.4 days in the United States, a decrease of .1 days compared to Q4 2016. This produced a final LOR for Calendar 2017 of 12.04 days, up slightly from 11.98 in 2016. Once again, there was very little consistency between regions and states, suggesting that the quarterly result for the U.S. is not reflective of a genuine national trend.