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Workers' Compensation News
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Langham: Emergency Hearings and Due Process | 07/19/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 119 | 0 | |||
| Winston Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." ...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Comp Laude Overview, Community and Commitment | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 132 | 0 | |||
| The Comp Laude awards have become a part of the American workers' compensation landscape. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: The Crux of the Opioid Epidemic | 06/29/2018 | |
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| Source: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 658 | 0 | |||
| As the country works through finding medically responsible solutions to eradicate the opioid epidemic, a blame game has ensued and is making the crux of the issue cloudy. The opioid crisis is the result of unchecked, inappropriate prescribing habits. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: It's About Time Feds Focus on States' Success in War on Opioids | 05/22/2018 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 554 | 0 | |||
| The House of Representatives has held numerous information-gathering meetings in D.C. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hosted a recent event on May 8. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Beyond Pennsylvania Politics | 05/15/2018 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 486 | 0 | |||
| Pennsylvania, ranked second in average MEA per claim with opioids, according to Workers Compensation Research Institute’s Interstate Variations in Use of Opioids, Fourth&n...Read More | |||
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Langham: Injury and Sufficiency Debates | 05/11/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 229 | 0 | |||
| A recent news story reminded me of heart attack cases in Florida. I recall trying to explain Florida heart attack law to many ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Workers' Comp Needs Quality Measures for Clinical Practice Guidelines | 04/27/2018 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 589 | 0 | |||
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has announced it will no longer fund its National Guideline Clearinghouse. ...Read More | |||
| Lynch: This Can't Go On Forever, Right? | 05/07/2018 | ||
| Source: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 143 | 0 | |||
| "The ratio of wages to the cost of living is what the economist calls real wages; the desirability of having real wages as high as possible, consistent with high employment, is a social objective. Rises in real wages do for the most part come about in fact as a consequence of rises in pr...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Fairly Common Misclassification in Arkansas | 04/18/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: AR | Segment: Top | 291 | 0 | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals rendered an interesting decision on March 7. The opinion caught my attention because of recent discussion about independent contractors and misclassification of workers. In ...Read More | |||
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Langham: The Gig Economy Post Redux | 04/09/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 199 | 0 | |||
| This blog recently focused on the "gig economy" in The Gig Economy: Can it Be Socialized? That post focuses in part on a New York innovation, a fund for drivers engaged i...Read More | |||
