by MKC Medical | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Kari Williamson, RN, LNCC, CCM Nobody needs to remind employers that the economic costs of our opioid epidemic are huge. According to one study, opioid abuse by employees is costing employers more than $50 billion a year. That’s mostly because of lost...
by MKC Medical | Mar 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Brain Trauma Indicator works by measuring proteins, known as UCH-L1 and GFAP, released from the brain into blood 12 hours following after head injury. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently permitted the first blood test to evaluate concussions in...
by MKC Medical | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Opioid abuse is taking a huge toll in the U.S.…regardless of age, geography or any other measure. Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths from opioids has nearly quadrupled, according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the opioid crisis is...
by MKC Medical | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
How persuasive is a plaintiff’s life care plan? That’s the question defense lawyers typically ask when faced with the plaintiff’s demand for future medical costs in a traumatic injury claim…along with the case the plaintiff makes to back up its demand. The...
by MKC Medical | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
After 25-plus years in this industry, I’m convinced that we save our clients money. Just how much we save them, however, is something that takes time and right data to determine. Your time and data. That’s why MKC Medical Management has embarked on the process of...
by MKC Medical | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Real injury or carte blanche for diagnostics? Recent studies have shown that whiplash injuries occur in about 1.3 million auto accidents a year. The estimated cost? About $30 billion per year to manage and treat whiplash-related injuries…not to mention the waste...
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