Industry Insights
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More: When Words Matter | 04/20/2023 | |
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| By: Keith More | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
| As an attorney representing injured workers, it is easy to get lost in the weeds as we assist our clients in obtaining medical treatment. We ensure that the primary physicians make the requests for authorization and write reports substantiating the need for the recommended care. It can sometimes ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Dr. James McCluskey | 04/19/2023 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Yet another example of what has recently been too frequent. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Employment Laws Leading to More Ex-Cons in the Workplace | 04/18/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| California’s 2018 Fair Chance Act and subsequent legislation that makes it more difficult for employers to avoid hiring ex-cons often has negative effects on both employers and employees and tends to show its ugly head in the workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: A Question for ChatGPT About Minimum Disability Rates | 04/17/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I decided to try to stump artificial intelligence again by asking ChatGPT a workers' comp minimum disability question. Minimum disability rates have long been a bane of mine. See this ar...Read More | |||
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Young: Asking ChatGPT About Workers' Comp | 04/13/2023 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| What does ChatGPT know about California workers’ comp? I decided I’d ask it, and during two sessions I posed about 45 questions on a wide range of California workers’ comp topics. I’ve included links to both discussions with ChatGPT. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Biases You Don't Know You Have | 04/12/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| At the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, there are two entrance doors to the exhibits, marked "Prejudiced" and "Unprejudiced." ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What We Found: The Audit Results | 04/11/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Our report on the audit of the Federal Employees' Compensation Act work comp pharmacy program is now public. ...Read More | |||
| Bowers & Luna: Rerouting State's Workers' Compensation Claims Outcomes | 04/10/2023 | ||
| By: Sue Bowers & Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| In the California workers’ compensation world where presumption and AOE/COE standards are ever-changing along with statutes and regulations, industry experts are making a case for the need to improve health and claims outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: The Case for Increased Counsel Fees | 04/06/2023 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Long-overdue legislation has been introduced in the New Jersey Assembly to increase workers' compensation counsel fees for petitioners and claimants' attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: The Latest Data on Fatal Workplace Injuries | 04/05/2023 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The fatal work injury rate increased to 3.6 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers for 2021 in the U.S., the highest annual rate since 2016. ...Read More | |||
