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Medical Costs

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Business Data / Health Data

Statistics on health conditions, e.g., substance abuse, heart/stroke, cancer. CDC data. Disability data. Medicare statistics. Primary care statistics. World health statistics.

Business Data / Mortality Data

CDC data on US deaths due to injury. Number of deaths by external cause of injury - by state. MMWR reports. Life expectancy table. Statistical data on mortality by occupation, industry, injury deaths, etc.

Business Data / WC Data

State workers comp agency statistical reports & analysis of worker claims. Statistics such as average total cost per case, lost time reports, fatalities, workplace safety reports, fraud activity, etc.

Health Cost Management / Medical Coding

Calculators, manuals related to DRG, APG & ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM coding. Index of diagnosis related groups. International classification of diseases ICD-9 code query system.

Health Cost Management / Medical Costs

Average cost by DRG for medical care. Trends in length of stay, charges and functional outcomes in rehab. Benchmark medical fees. Predictors & descriptors of psychiatric duration, costs and service use. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) health care expenditures data.

Health Cost Management / WC Claims Management

Activities to control disability costs. Guides to work-relatedness of occupational diseases. IME. How WC settlements are viewed in each state and the various forms of settlements. Cost and reserving guidelines for quadriplegia, massive injury, traumatic brain injury.

Health Cost Management / WC Managed Care

Challenging hospital and doctor costs. Entire text of the results of California's survey of workers compensation managed care practices.

Insurance / Claims Management

Information on claims management, e.g., structured settlements, importance of prompt reporting, construction claim guidance, preservation of evidence, etc. Self-insurance & claims administrators/adjustors selection/evaluation checklist of TPAs. Experts offer tips to adjusters about salvage. Variations in imaging technology and the issues confronting claims adjusters.

Statistical Data / Medical Costs

Average cost by DRG. Benchmark medical fees. Predictors & descriptors of psychiatric duration, costs and service use. Trends in length of stay, charges and functional outcomes in rehab. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) health care expenditures data.

Statistics / Medical Costs

Average cost by DRG. Benchmark medical fees. Predictors & descriptors of psychiatric duration, costs and service use. Trends in length of stay, charges and functional outcomes in rehab. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) health care expenditures data.