Since the introduction of its Early Severity Predictor model in 2015, Travelers Cos. says it cut the use of opioids by over 500,000 injured employees by 30%.
The model identifies the likelihood that someone will develop chronic pain — a leading cause of opioid dependency. Travelers shares the Early Severity Predictor results with the injured employee's physician, allowing them to identify effective treatment alternatives such as physical therapy, and in some cases surgery is avoided to help ensure a safe recovery without the prolonged use of opioids.
|Drop in cases
Since January 2016, surgeries for Travelers' workers' compensation cases have fallen by 25%, and those who received alternative treatment methods recovered and returned to work 10% faster than those who did not.
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