Industry Insights
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Snyder: Applying the Scientific Method to Case Resolution | 03/13/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| You undoubtedly studied the scientific method in school. You may have even applied it to sophisticated experimentation. Think about how to use that approach for case evaluation and resolution now. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Climate Change's Impact on Comp Is Here | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Kudos to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. It is the first workers’ comp research organization to give center stage to the impact of climate change — primarily heat — on claims. ...Read More | |||
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Burns: The Commercial Traveler Rule | 03/07/2024 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| A traveling banker was in the course and scope of employment when she died after a night of drinking during a business trip, a California appellate court ruled in an unpublished decision. ...Read More | |||
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Russell: Overworked and Underprotected | 03/06/2024 | |
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| By: Andrew Russell | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The understaffing crisis at Cal/OSHA, as highlighted by the Sacramento Bee, poses significant challenges for injured workers in California. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
