Early Identification and Proactive Management: Key Strategies to Minimize the Impact of Diabetes on Workers’ Compensation Claims
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To help risk and insurance professionals understand the impact that diabetes has on workers' compensation claims,
It's estimated that 29.1 million Americans have diabetes. The speaker
"Poorly controlled diabetes can result in many complications, including delayed healing, infections, and increased recovery times-all factors that drive up claims costs and disability duration," said Patten. "As a result, it's vital that claims professionals identify early on whether injured workers have diabetes and if the condition is being properly controlled. If blood sugar levels are persistently elevated, claimants may have issues that require special treatment, ongoing monitoring and proactive management in order to facilitate a safe and prompt return to work."
It's estimated that diabetes costs
"Nutritional counseling is a key component for claimants to understand how food is affecting their blood sugar levels-and how that in turn impacts the healing process," said Patten. "There are different nutritional approaches, any of which can work to control diabetes as long as they're consistently followed. It's also important to be aware of today's many advancements, including wearable insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring and improved oral medications-all of which make diabetes management easier for patients."
If you were unable to attend this session at CAJPA, Patten will be giving two additional talks on this same topic at the
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