The wonks are back with posts on the ACA, prescription drug costs, workers comp – all the topics and themes you missed over the holiday. Click on over to Joe Paduda’s Managed Care Matters to catch up at his post Ring in the New year with the latest and greatest …
Stop by for the health wonkery and stay for the informed commentary and analysis on Joe’s other blog posts. If you are extraterrestrial and therefore unfamiliar with Joe’s blog, remedy that today!
We thought we’d get a drone’s eye view of the work comp landscape and related matters with a retrospective of the 2017 goings on and a look ahead at predictions and trends for 2018.
Work Comp Wire: Leaders Speak: 2017 Year in Review, Part One and Part Two
Business Insurance: Most read workers comp stories in 2017
Business Insurance: Court rulings challenge workers comp sector in 2017
Risk Management: Year in Risk 2017
Insurance Information Institute: Global insured catastrophe losses could reach record in 2017
Insurance Journal: Top Insurance Journal National Stories of 2017
Insurance Insights: 2017 Recap – A Look Back at the Insurance Market
Joe Paduda: How’d I do on my 2017 workers’ comp predictions?
Evil HR Lady: The 2017 Employment Law Year in Review
Fistful of Talent: Events From 2017 That Will Make a Lasting Impact in the Workplace
MedRisk: 2017 Industry Trends Report
Business Insurance: Most read Off Beat stories in 2017
Insurance Thought Leadership: Insurtech: The Year in Review
Insurance Journal: 2017 ‘One of Worst’ for U.S. Weather with 15 Events Costing $1 Billion or More
PropertyCasualty360: 6 ways cybersecurity changed in 2017
Gizmodo: The Great Data Breach Disasters of 2017
Gallup News: The Best Workplace Articles of 2017
Fortune: 34 Business Books You Won’t Be Able to Put Down
USA Today: Year in review: The 50 stories from 50 states that moved us in 2017
The Atlantic: 2017 in Photos: How the First Months Unfolded, Part 2 and Part 3
Google: Year in Search – 2017
Joe Paduda: Predictions for work comp 2018 part 1 and 2018 part 2
Willis Towers Watson: Marketplace Realities 2018: Workers compensation
Marsh: Webcast: Workers’ Compensation: Looking Ahead to 2018
Sedgwick identifies risk and benefits industry trends to watch in 2018 (PDF)
Sedgwick: Navigating 2018 (PDF)
Think Advisor: 5 Big Questions About Health Insurance for 2018
Bloomberg: Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2018
Claims Journal: Tips on Setting Claims Goals for 2018
Gallup News: Are You Ready to Respond to 2018’s Biggest Healthcare Trends?
Littler: Ready or Not, Here It Comes! 2018 Brings New Labor & Employment Laws, Primarily at the State Level
Forbes: 10 Workplace Trends You’ll See In 2018
CNN: Here’s where the minimum wage is going up in 2018
HR Daily Advisor: 2018 Trends to Watch: 6 Trends That Will Impact Employers
Forbes: 3 pitfalls to enterprise risk management in 2018
Insurance Though Leadership: 2018 Predictions on Cybersecurity
