Industry Insights
| Does Physical Loading Damage the Disc? | 02/04/2010 | ||
| By: Dr. Steven D. Feinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dr. Steven D. FeinbergIn a recently published award-winning study in The Spine Journal 10 (2010) 26–31, Dr. Tapio Videman, PhD, and colleagues questioned one of the accepted principles in spine care and in workers’ compensation which is the belief that repetitive phy...Read More | |||
| Does Chaos Reign in Ill. Amputation Claims? | 11/30/2009 | ||
| By: Arik D. Hetue | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Arik D. HetueSynopsis: Does chaos reignwhen exactly do you have to pay weekly permanency on Illinois amputation loss claims? Editor’s comment: We were recently informed of what appears to be an unheralded shift in policy at the Commission concerning payment on s...Read More | |||
| Drug Testing for Legal Substances | 10/14/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe Synopsis: Can you test employees for legal prescription drug use? Editor's comment: While looking up other things, we note there is a Tennessee employer battling two separate lawsuits in which their employees claim they we...Read More | |||
| Disney Fights WC Med Billing Fraud | 09/18/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. KeefeSynopsis: What will the scam-artists think of next — medical billing fraud in workers' compensation. Editor's comment: While looking up other things, we found this stunning new twist on workers' compensation fraud t...Read More | |||
| Defense Lawyer Says Fictitious Name Permits Needed | 09/17/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jeff C. AndersenI'm a California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) defense attorney and I'm writing to respond to WorkCompCentral's Sept. 14 article titled "SCIF Must Pay Sanctions for Fictitious Name Permit Argument". My views are my own, I do not speak for my empl...Read More | |||
| Dying to Find Fault in Wyoming | 08/26/2009 | ||
| State: WY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanWyoming might be a good place to work, but it's also a good place to die at work. The mortality rate for occupational injuries is three times the national average in Wyoming, with 15.6 fatalities per 100,000 workers. Many of these fatalities occur in the o...Read More | |||
| Dealing With Medicare Set-Asides | 08/17/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. KeefeSynopsis: Should the defense industry move ahead with workers' compensation settlements in advance of pricing, federal approval and completion of a needed Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) agreement?Editor's comment: We continue to get thi...Read More | |||
| Distractions Behind the Wheel, Revisited | 08/05/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanThe other Nicholas Sparks is in a bit of trouble: not the well-known writer, but an obscure 25-year-old tow truck driver from upstate New York. The lesser known Sparks has earned himself a place in the Business Hall of Shame when he raised multi-tasking ...Read More | |||
| Death in the Lab: Why Are University Labs Not Safer? | 06/10/2009 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie FergusonEarlier this year, 23 year-old research assistant Sheri Sangji suffered an excruciating death after having been engulfed in flames in a UCLA science laboratory. A drop of t-butyl lithium, a substance that ignites on contact with air, spilled on her clothing c...Read More | |||
| Despite Recession, Illinois Supreme Court Hikes Comp Payouts | 06/02/2009 | ||
| By: Eugene F. Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. KeefeSynopsis: Illinois Supreme Court shocker: In the middle of this recession, you now have to send the underwriters back to review and probably raise reserves on your biggest Illinois claims. Please don't shoot the messengers.Editor's comment...Read More | |||
