November 2013
Insights from Our Integrated ERM and Claims Settlement Solutions Practices
"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness." Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile
KPMG Offers Their Global Risk Survey For Insights into ERM
In KPMG's latest 2013 survey they found risk management is at the top of the global executive agenda as companies face an array of threats that grow more complex by the day. They found many risks are posed by the challenge of complying with complicated, new government regulations drafted worldwide in the wake of the financial crisis, affecting all industries. For interesting statistics and insights, click the above link.
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CMS Announces New Version Of MMSEA User Guide
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the new User Guide and the primary source for Section 11 reporting requirements. The new Non Group Health Plans (NGHP) User Guide is now available as a series of downloads of five chapters including Introduction and Overview, Registration Procedures, Policy Guidance, Technical Information, and Appendices. Each chapter can be referenced independently, but are designed to function together to provide complete information and instructions for NGHP reporting.
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A Recent NIH Study Provides Insights Into Chronic Pain
The structure of the brain may predict whether a person will suffer chronic low back pain, according to researchers who used brain scans. The results, published in the journal Pain, support the growing idea that the brain plays a critical role in chronic pain, a concept that may lead to changes in the way doctors treat patients. The research was supported by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health. “We may have found an anatomical marker for chronic pain in the brain,” said Vania Apkarian, Ph.D., a senior author of the study and professor of physiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.