Industry Insights
| Have Off-Work Notes Gone the Way of the Dodo Bird? | 12/24/2014 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As defense lawyers and counselors, we have always hated what we call “blind” off-work notes. What we mean by “blind” off-work notes are written notes from an injured worker’s doctor that says “off work” and nothing else. We recently received one from a pe...Read More | |||
| How HIPAA-GINA Work to Protect/Regulate all of us in Workers' Comp Claims | 12/16/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We get asked all the time and we want our readers to best understand HIPAA-GINA in their day-to-day workers' compensation claims handling. If you aren’t sure, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is about medical records privacy. The Genetic Information Privac...Read More | |||
| How Obama's Immigrant Plan Will Hit Workers' Comp | 11/18/2014 | ||
| By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Obama administration reportedly plans to give some form of legal protection including work rights to millions of undocumented individuals by executive order. The administration’s apparent plan will force the workers’ compensation field to address issues that have bee...Read More | |||
| Hard Choices: Mental Illnesses v. Medications | 10/03/2014 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The recently released report and follow-up webinar from the Workers Compensation Research Institute shines more light on the complicated world of chronic pain. (Full disclosure: PRIUM is a WCRI Core Funder... and proud of it). W...Read More | |||
| How UR and IMR Work together to Deny Injured Workers Care | 08/18/2014 | ||
| Source: Dr. Robert L. Weinmann | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Medical Board of California is not at this time placing high priority on reform of either utilization review (UR) or independent medical review (IMR). Utilization review is required before primary treating physicians or consultants can initiate diagnostic studies and/or institu...Read More | |||
| How Many Claims Are Never Filed? | 08/11/2014 | ||
| Source: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recurring concern among many in the workers’ compensation field, perhaps especially labor activists, is the case of workers not seeking workers’ compensation benefits after a work injury. The issue rears its head again with renewed criticism of California’s intimidating first ...Read More | |||
| HR 4709 Offers little Help in the Fight against Prescription Drug Abuse | 08/06/2014 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If you want a bill that purports to mitigate prescription drug misuse and abuse, but actually has no hope of doing so − well, look no further than the 113th Congress. Turns out they can be counted on for something. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pennsylvania) is sponsoring House Resolution 4709...Read More | |||
| How Can Attorneys Help Each Other in Times like These? | 04/23/2014 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A story out of Pennsylvania earlier this month reminded me of a couple of situations we have seen in Florida in recent years. The Pennsylvania story (published on WorkCompCentral.com, which ...Read More | |||
| How To Destroy 'Wash-Out' or 'Wash-In' Psych Reports | 12/18/2013 | ||
| By: Dr. Bruce Leckart | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| What is a Psych Pre-Deposition/Pre-Trial Consultation?I’ve been doing forensic psychological evaluations for personal injury and workers’ compensation for 28 years. I’ve had a lot of fun doing the work, have found it challenging and have learned a lot. My favorit...Read More | |||
| How to Know What's Really Happening in Work Comp | 10/23/2013 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Want to know what’s really happening in comp? Spend a day sitting next to an adjuster.Whether you’re a work comp exec, big employer, investor or service provider, there’s no faster or better way to really understand what goes on, what works and what doesn’t, and w...Read More | |||
