Carisk Blog

Risk & Insurance: There’s an App for That. How Smartphones Are Addressing the Workplace Mental Health Crisis
Smartphone apps have joined the fight against the mental health crisis. Here’s how they can serve as a beneficial tool.
Check out this Risk & Insurance piece featuring Carisk’s David Vittoria.

Carisk® Partners, Tower MSA Partners, and Ametros to Provide Patient-Centered Case Closure and Settlement Solution in Workers’ Compensation: Improves Quality of Life and Patient Engagement
Carisk® Partners, Tower MSA Partners, and Ametros are launching a novel, patient-centered case closure and settlement solution

Carisk Partners Announces Two Promotions and Welcomes a New Hire
Carisk Partners is pleased to announce two promotions and one addition to the team this summer. Sally Balioni has been promoted to Vice President of Sales of Carisk Intelligent Clearinghouse, Katie Meister, LPN has been promoted to Director of Clinical Operations of Carisk Outcomes, and Dr. Steven Walton has joined Carisk as Medical Director of Carisk Outcomes.

Treating the Behavioral Components of a Claim Is a Risk Transfer Strategy: Just Ask Carisk’s CEO Joe Berardo, Jr.
Carisk CEO Joe Berardo Jr. talks his career, risk transfer in catastrophic claims and the importance of the biopsychosocial claims approach

From Injury to Purpose
We are pleased to introduce a new member of our marketing team – our summer intern Dylan Finn. Dylan just turned 22 years old and grew up in Sea Girt, NJ – not far from our Wall office. Dylan is currently a rising Senior at the College of Charleston, where he is...

Carisk Partners Welcomes Melanie Dalton, RN, BSN as Assistant Vice President, Client Services
Carisk Partners is pleased to welcome Melanie Dalton, RN, BSN as Assistant Vice President, Client Strategies. Carisk’s Client Services expansion comes amidst impressive and steady growth over the past year. Dalton brings over 26 years of experience in managed care and account management services, working with employers and insurance carriers in both local and national roles.

How to Bring Transparency to a Behavioral-Health-First Approach in Workers’ Comp
Payers and providers are looking to improve workers’ comp delivery of care. That starts by bringing transparency to claims and placing behavioral health first.

Provider-Focused Electronic Billing State-Level Debrief for Workers’ Compensation
An Essential Guide to the E-Billing Clearinghouse Climate including the NYWCB CMS-1500 Initiative

These Catastrophic Workers’ Comp Cases Reinforce the Need for an Evolved Workers’ Compensation 2.0 Approach
Carisk Partners shares the success of its patient-centered program as it addresses behavioral health issues impacting return to work, function and recovery.

How To Double Your Savings for Surgical Implants: A New Approach to Cost Containment
The cost of surgical implants can often be a pain point for workers compensation payers. The cost of the implants themselves range from low-cost to expensive and there are state-specific regulations that make it challenging to ascertain the true and fair cost for billing by facilities and practitioners. In recent years, we have seen a shift to cost containment programs, however they differ greatly in their approaches.