Rehabilitation
Obituary: Norman Cottington, industry mourns rehab 'trailblazer'
Norman Cottington, a revolutionary in the field of rehabilitation and case management in the personal injury sector, passed away suddenly on 11 April.
Blog: Time to talk about psychological rehab
Insurers must embrace psychological rehabilitation in the same way that they have physical, explains Jonny Cook, founder and chairman of Corporé.
Blog: Rehab is the GDPR exposure insurers weren’t expecting
Insurers need to make sure their rehabilitation providers comply with the General Data Protection Regulation. Anthony Eeles, chief digital and information officer at HCML, shares his checklist to reduce risks of a £20m fine.
Analysis: A healthy mind: Providing mental healthcare in PMI
More medical insurers are including mental health as standard in their policies but there could remain a gap in provision if condition monitoring doesn’t become more widespread
Interview: Mark Searles, AUB Group
Since packing up his life in London and flying half way across the world to Australia, Mark Searles, CEO of AUB Group, has transformed a broker into the leading equity-based broking, risk management, advice and solutions provider in Australasia.
Feature: The future of post-hospital care
With budgetary pressures mounting on the NHS, more patients are recovering at home and insurance could play an increasing role in covering the costs of post-hospital care.
Exoskeletons: How wearable robotics could transform medical claims
It sounds like science fiction, but exoskeletons are increasingly being used in rehabilitation therapy and insurers are getting in on the act.
Post unveils 2016 winners of the Rehabilitation Awards
The winners of this year’s Rehabilitation First Awards have been announced.
Week in Post: CMC impersonators, NED worries, and a Team GB gold medal winner
Sitting in my front room on Saturday morning I took a phone call from a claims management company.
Blog: 8 ways insurers are focusing on customer service
A lot is said about customer focus, delighting customers, and being a customer-driven business, to name three buzz phrases. Without the right approach, real effort, and supporting evidence, there's always a danger these are empty words.
Are there too many roadblocks for rehabilitation to really work?
Getting injured people back on their feet through rehabilitation can be a win for claimants as well as insurer defendants but, when working within the naturally adversarial legal system, roadblocks can quickly spring up.
Legal: Catastrophic injury cases need greater transparency
Since 1999 there has been a continuous effort to make personal injury litigation more efficient and more economical but the same is not true for transparency.
Legal: The cost-benefit of emerging rehabilitation technologies
The disability market is benefiting from an expanding range of innovative equipment, fuelled by a combination of technological advances and by crossover into the civilian sector from military aftercare of combat veterans.
Rehabilitation Awards shortlist unveiled
Unum and Crystal Palace Physio Group lead the shortlist for the Rehabilitation First awards 2016 with four nominations each.
Working group launches review of revised rehab code
Industry bodies have begun a review into the revised rehabilitation code, six months after it went live.
Plexus offers new model of case management
Case management would be left in the hands of occupational therapists as part of a new rehabilitation model being offered by Plexus Healthcare.
FL360 looks to rehab growth as it acquires majority stake in Corpore TTN
FL360, the holding company of Speed Medical Examination Services, has acquired a majority stake in Corpore TTN, the independent rehabilitation and injury management firm.
HCML partners with Physitrack to offer home exercise technology
Rehabilitation provider HCML is striving to improve recovery outcomes by offering home exercise technology to the 40,000 individuals cared for each year under its rehabilitation and case management services.
Alton Towers crash caused by human error
The Alton Towers rollercoaster accident in June that resulted in two people requiring amputations was caused by human error, the theme park has confirmed.
Rehab stalwarts launch 'ethical and cost-effective' new service
A pair of rehabilitation experts have joined forces to launch a service designed to make the rehab process more efficient.
NAHL agrees £25m deal for rehab firm Bush & Company
Legal services focused UK consumer marketing business NAHL has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Bush & Company Rehabilitation.
Updated rehab code to become operational from December
An updated version of the rehabilitation code has been published that includes a section for lower-value claims and a separate guide for rehab case managers and people who commission them.
C-suite - Insurer: Changing the compensation mindset
Insurance fraud continues to be a huge concern for insurers in an environment of fierce competition and falling premiums.
Rehabilitation First Awards 2015: The winners
Rehabilitation professionals gathered today (11 September) for the 11th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation First Awards at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, London.