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Workers' Compensation News
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Beach: Fear of Paralysis | 07/11/2018 | |
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| By: Hayden Beach | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 164 | 0 | |||
| When I was growing up, I loved to read books, especially horror novels. As any good horror reader knows, Stephen King is one of the best. ...Read More | |||
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Breading: Is the Insurtech Movement Maturing? | 04/26/2018 | |
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| Source: Mark Breading | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 248 | 0 | |||
| While insurance technology remains nascent, in many ways, a subset of firms is producing results, gaining momentum and making an impact. ...Read More | |||
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Boddicker: Comp Reform Bills of Interest Introduced | 02/22/2018 | |
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| By: Daniel J. Boddicker | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 504 | 0 | |||
| House Bill 5240 is an effort from the workers' compensation gurus at the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce that amends the state Workers' Compensation Act to require a recipient of some pain management medications to sign a written agreement with the prescribing physician,...Read More | |||
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Biery: Workers' Compensation Rates Jump Again | 02/01/2018 | |
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| By: Shawn R. Biery | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 626 | 0 | Popular with Vendor | 6 min read | |||
| There continues to be an upward spiral of workers' compensation rates in Illinois. Please don’t shoot the messenger for telling you how to get them right. ...Read More | |||
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Biery: Difficulty Increases When Claimant Doesn't Take Initiative | 01/16/2018 | |
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| By: Shawn Biery | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 456 | 0 | |||
| We advise our clients, law students and seminar attendees to always pay attention to subrogation issues and to ensure close awareness, sometimes even intervening after a petitioner files a third-party claim. ...Read More | |||
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Berger: Work Comp Dental Injuries: Pre-Existing vs. Job-Related | 11/02/2017 | |
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| Source: Jacob Berger | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1113 | 0 | |||
| A causality dilemma can be summed up as, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” In dental workers' compensation terms, which came first, the injury or the bad teeth? ...Read More | |||
| Barklage: 10 Ways to Help Injured Employees Recover | 08/31/2017 | ||
| By: Andrew Barklage | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1105 | 0 | |||
| You can’t escape it. The message is everywhere. An enormous shift in claims management ideology is upon us. An advocacy-based approach to managing injured workers is taking hold. Why? Because it works. What is different about this approach? Rather than focusing solely on costs ...Read More | |||
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Biery: A Brave New World or Return to Sanity? | 06/28/2017 | |
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| By: Shawn Biery | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 978 | 0 | |||
| We have seen multitudes of cases in which temporary total disability is being paid even after termination for cause based upon the holding that indicated generally that the Appellate Court would not consider the actual details of the cause. ...Read More | |||
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Britt: Attendant Care in Post-Reform Workers' Compensation Claims | 06/01/2017 | |
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| By: Courtney Britt | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 1040 | 0 | |||
| In recent years, attendant care provided under North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Act has gotten quite a bit of attention in the appellate courts and at the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Brannan: Our Formulary Is Model for Other States | 05/17/2017 | |
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| Source: Ryan Brannan | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 1611 | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| In the midst of a nationwide opioid crisis, Texas implemented a prescription drug formulary in 2011 — not because it would save insurance companies money but because it could save lives. ...Read More | |||
