Industry Insights
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Zachry: Addressing the Examiner Shortage Crisis | 03/05/2024 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The workers’ compensation industry faces a daunting challenge: A severe shortage of qualified claims examiners. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Trouble in the Golden State | 03/04/2024 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The California workers’ compensation system has significant issues. But over the past few years, problems at the California Division of Workers’ Compensation have been dwarfed by problems at other Department of Industrial Relations units. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Heat Is On | 03/01/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Heat exposure has killed 40 workers per year since 2011. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Ramona Tanabe on WCRI's Annual Confab | 02/29/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Ramona Tanabe, CEO of the Workers Compensation Research Institute — a most excellent workers’ comp research organization — was kind enough to carve out a few minutes on the eve of this year’s gathering of the brainiacs to answer a few of my questions. ...Read More | |||
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Montgomery: Kudos to State Fund's Virtual Assistant | 02/28/2024 | |
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| By: Catherine Montgomery | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| If the workers’ comp system is ever truly fixed, it will start with technology that makes billing and payment less of an administrative nightmare. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: The Varying Motivations for a CT Claim | 02/27/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Identifying the motivation for suspicious cumulative trauma claims can help inform carriers in defending against them. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: The Importance of QMEs Early in Claims | 02/23/2024 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | |||
| Getting the right specialty of qualified medical evaluators in cumulative trauma claims is an important tool to successfully defend against them, and there are several things that claims departments can do to help get the correct QME on a case. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: The Left Hand Doesn't Know What the Right Hand Is Doing | 02/22/2024 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Think of the California workers’ compensation system. It’s run by the state. It’s supposed to provide no-fault medical treatment and modest financial benefits when a Californian gets injured at work. Now, think about Cal/OSHA. It’s another department...Read More | |||
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Moore: Nice Info on NCCI's Injury Characteristics Dashboard | 02/20/2024 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance's Injury Characteristics & Insights Dashboard contains a huge amount of good info for risk managers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Things to Not Do if You Sell Workers' Comp Services | 02/16/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
| If you’re in the workers’ comp space, there are several things you should avoid at all costs. ...Read More | |||
