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How Are Future Medicals (Future Meds) Calculated?

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Term Of The Day – Future Medicals

Workers comp future medicals demand accurate calculations from claims adjusters.   The medical part of the total incurred and reserves requires many more calculations than the indemnity part of the reserves.  Indemnity reserving possesses much more structure than any medical forecasting.

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Each human body heals differently depending upon genetics, lifestyle, medication management, type of injury, and many more other factors.   Adjusters should not just post a reserve that required very little thinking.   Most insurance carriers and TPA’s provide the adjusters with very involved future medicals reserve sheets with a breakdown of medical costs.   How adjusters use these sheets causes a large amount of debate in the insurance community.

Typically, employers are responsible for medical expense payment if associated with their employees’ on-the-job injuries. These medical benefits are often lifetime benefits (employers are generally on the hook for future meds for the injured employee’s lifetime as long as the medical expenses are related to the underlying job injury).

In some states however,the employee’s right to future meds can be terminated when the employee and employer agree to the terms and a judge or appropriate administrative authority approves the agreement

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James founded a Workers’ Compensation consulting firm, J&L Risk Management Consultants, Inc. in 1996. J&L’s mission is to reduce our clients’ Workers Compensation premiums by using time-tested techniques. J&L’s claims, premium, reserve and Experience Mod reviews have saved employers over $9.8 million in earned premiums over the last three years. J&L has saved numerous companies from bankruptcy proceedings as a result of insurance overpayments.

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James’s educational background, which centered on computer technology, culminated in earning a Masters of Business Administration (MBA); an Associate in Claims designation (AIC); and an Associate in Risk Management designation (ARM). He is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) and a licensed financial advisor. The NC Department of Insurance has certified him as an insurance instructor. He also possesses a Bachelors’ Degree in Actuarial Science.

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James is on the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the North Carolina Mid-State Safety Council. He has published two manuals on Workers’ Compensation and three different claims processing manuals. He has also written and has been quoted in numerous articles on reducing Workers’ Compensation costs for public and private employers. James publishes a weekly newsletter with 7,000 readers.

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