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Workers' Compensation News
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Frederick: Workplace Wearables: New Use of Big Data | 07/09/2018 | |
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| By: Mark Frederick | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 233 | 0 | |||
| Wearables continue to be the hottest topic in smart technology because of gadgets like Fitbits, Apple Watches and Nike Fuelbands. But what about a wearable that uses big data to revolutionize workplace safety? ...Read More | |||
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Fish: Workers' Compensation Task Force Shooting for Change in 2019 | 04/23/2018 | |
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| Source: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 212 | 0 | |||
| “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” — Deepak Chopra The chaos ...Read More | |||
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Farwell: 'I Don't Need No Stinkin' Expert!' (Yes, You Do) | 11/01/2017 | |
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| Source: S. Scott Farwell | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 629 | 0 | |||
| Following North Carolina’s July 2017 legislative change to the state Workers’ Compensation Act, one might have put aside concerns over Wilkes v City of Greenville, N.C. 799 S.E...Read More | |||
| Flewelling: Airline Deregulation Act Pre-empts Air Ambulance Fee Schedule | 10/26/2017 | ||
| By: Harvey Flewelling | |||
| State: WY | Segment: Top | 968 | 0 | |||
| In the recent case of EagleMed LLC v. Cox, 868 F.3d 893 (10th Cir. 2017), the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a U.S. District Court decision that a Wyoming statute and associated regulations setting forth a fee schedule for air-ambulance services in workers’ compensation cl...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: NASI Reports Workers' Comp as Percentage of Payroll | 10/19/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 757 | 0 | |||
| The National Academy of Social Insurance recently issued its 20th annual Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs report. The study provides estimates of workers&rs...Read More | |||
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Fink: Getting Fraud Out of the Workers' Compensation System | 09/25/2017 | |
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| By: Tony Fink | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1688 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The activity by fraudulent medical providers in California’s workers’ compensation system has been well documented, and the impact can be seen by the inflated costs for medical treatment and abundance of liens clogging the system. ...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: One of America's Most Dangerous Jobs | 09/14/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1494 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kicked, pummeled, taken hostage, stabbed and sexually assaulted. Would you want a job that included these risks? ...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: High Hazards, Gruesome Deaths: Farmworker Safety Programs Facing Cuts | 07/24/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1227 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Farm work is dangerous work. Injuries and fatalities are gruesome: amputations, death by being caught in machinery or rolled over by tractors; drownings in manure pits; suffocation in grain bins. ...Read More | |||
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Fruin: Death of the Second Injury Fund? | 06/19/2017 | |
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| Source: Shawna Fruin | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 883 | 0 | |||
| Historically, a pension with Washington's Second Injury Fund relief was a desirable outcome for both Washington injured workers and employers, allowing workers to obtain the pension that they desired, but reducing employer liability to only permanent partial disability — assuming t...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: Workers Memorial Day and a Voice for the Workers | 04/21/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1357 | 0 | |||
| April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a time when workers and their families, labor unions and safety advocates commemorate those who were killed on the job: 4,800 fatalities per year, or an average of 13 workers who lose the...Read More | |||
