January 20, 2021.

(Washington, DC, Economic & Insurance News by Insurance Market 360 ) -National Council on Compensation Insurance, NCCI disclose that there are repercussions on medical services and workers experiences due to the ongoing pandemic with reference to the medical data procured in the first and second quarters of 2020. The data was collected taking into account the number of inpatients, critical care, claims’ settlement, administration of drugs, number of surgeries conducted, surgical decisions taken and percentage of permissible drugs prescribed to patients. Undoubtedly, Covid-19 impacted the workers and will continue its disfigurement in the near future too and more official updates are expected as time progresses.

With the available data of two quarters of 2020, there is a significant decrease in claims in 2Q than 1Q. Steady statistics are observed in surgery claims in the reported period; surprisingly, drug share increased including prescription of pain-relieving medicines. Interestingly, change in the strategies for surgeries is witnessed with which the quantity of enucleates have decreased reasonably in the second quarter. Further, the ongoing impact of Corona is to be analysed and reviewed. Time alone can answer queries related to its impact on medical services and the related content will be built on as days pass on.

As a lead organization, NCCI is expected to update the latest information to be procured from various health departments on their medical dashboard of its official portal, www.ncci.com. Public and officials can surf the website to review and analyse the latest info for intra state and interstate comparisons.

Source: National Council on Compensation

Reference: https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-COVID-19-Impact-Medical-Treatment-WCompensation-FirstLook2020.aspx