Industry Insights
Legal Odds and Ends to Workers' Comp | 08/13/2005 | ||
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Occasionally there is information that I think would be interesting and informative to recipients of my periodic missives but not sufficiently interesting or expansive enough to warrant a complete message. I am going to save up a number of those items and send out a periodic update on such multiple...Read More | |||
Late or Missing Notices; Panel QME Issues | 06/18/2005 | ||
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A recent post in the Professional WorkCompForums, Claims Adjusters topic, reviewed a likely common problem due to the time constraints concerning Qualified Medical Examinations, and medical-legal dispute resolution. The following is an edited version of that discussion:Q: I am work...Read More | |||
Low Back Pain: A Common Sense Approach #2 | 02/26/2005 | ||
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This is the second and concluding article on the evaluation of soft tissue injuries and low back pain in particular. It deals with a new technique in the evaluation of these costly and omnipresent complaints. For many years medical practitioners of all types were devoid of a complete tool...Read More | |||
Low Back Pain: A Common Sense Approach | 01/29/2005 | ||
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The following article on general low back pain is the first installment in a series on the important aspects of one of the most ubiquitous problems in medicine today. DEFINITION: Low back pain is defined as any pain affecting the lower part of the back. It can be referred from ...Read More | |||
Living with Brain-Behavior Challenges - Part 2 | 09/29/2004 | ||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Tina M. Trudel, PhD The first part of this article series introduced patterns of brain-behavior relationships. This article will provide a basis for understanding behavior. Understanding Behavior Needless to say, with the complexities and inter-rel...Read More | |||
Living with Brain-Behavior Challenges | 09/06/2004 | ||
By: Tina M. Trudel, PhD | |||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Tina M. Trudel, PhD For many individuals who sustain brain injury, personality change and behavioral challenges are a persisting problem. In fact, in many long-term outcome studies, these behavioral factors are often described as the greatest obstacles to success for the individual, a...Read More | |||
Looking to Alternative Sources When Denied Benefits | 09/06/2004 | ||
State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
A recurring theme in the injured worker sections of workcompcentral is that the injured worker is ultimately responsible for him or her self. An example of this truism can be found on almost a daily basis in the workcompcentral I...Read More | |||
Lump Sum Settlements: Should You Sign? | 01/03/2004 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Common questions arise all the time in the workcompcentral Injured Workers Forum. The following dialogue, edited for clarity and readability, concerns lump sum settlements in California (though the advise is applicable to mos...Read More | |||
Looking to Alternative Sources When Denied Benefits | 09/14/2003 | ||
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A recurring theme in the injured worker sections of workcompcentral is that the injured worker is ultimately responsible for him or her self. An example of this truism can be found on almost a daily basis in the workcompcentral I...Read More | |||
Legislative Update - Rehab 'On the Table' | 08/30/2003 | ||
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The Legislature has appointed a Conference Committee to address the workers compensation crisis; the Committee is composed of three Senators and three Assemblymen (four Democrats and two Republicans). The Committee is charged with developing a bill for review and (presumably) approval by the full L...Read More | |||