Workers' Compensation News
| Lynch: Nurses, Nursing Assistants and Back Injuries: 'Twas Ever Thus | 10/11/2018 | ||
| Source: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 109 | 0 | |||
| Lynch Ryan’s very first client was a Massachusetts community hospital where the experience modification factor was 2.77, primarily due to nursing and nursing assistant back injuries. The year was 1984, 86 years after Mrs. Robb’s ...Read More | |||
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Luna: The King Case: Imperceptible Implications for UROs | 09/27/2018 | |
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| Source: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 591 | 0 | |||
| Many minds in the workers’ compensation community have been monopolized by California’s King v. CompPartners Inc. case. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: What Is a Claim? Let's Be Accurate | 08/27/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 156 | 0 | |||
| A recent blog post regarding workplace injury caught my attention. It was titled "Florida's Workers' Compensation Laws Fail Workers," originally p...Read More | |||
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Luna: The Narrative of Workers' Compensation Is Changing | 08/23/2018 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 699 | 0 | |||
| The workers’ compensation system looks much differently today than it did a decade ago, partly due to the opioid epidemic. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: An All-Too-Common Problem, and a Novel Solution | 08/09/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: IA | Segment: Top | 224 | 0 | |||
| In May 2018, WorkCompCentral reported that the Iowa Commission to Fine Parties to Last-Minute Work Comp Settlements. The story emanated from a publication and order&nbs...Read More | |||
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Luna: Complacency or Complexity: UROs Crawl to Accreditation | 07/25/2018 | |
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| Source: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 808 | 0 | |||
| Another deadline has come and gone for the California workers’ compensation community. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Emergency Hearings and Due Process | 07/19/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 462 | 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 | 322 | 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 | 924 | 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 | 811 | 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 | |||
