Industry Insights
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Phillips: It's All Settled | 04/17/2024 | |
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| By: Judge Allen Phillips | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| One of the goals of the 2013 Reform Act was an efficient and timely system for resolution of claims. Settlement by agreement furthers that goal by getting employees their benefits more quickly and by allowing employers to avoid undue litigation expenses. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Climate Change's Impact on Comp Is Here | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Kudos to the Workers Compensation Research Institute. It is the first workers’ comp research organization to give center stage to the impact of climate change — primarily heat — on claims. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Heat Is On | 03/01/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Heat exposure has killed 40 workers per year since 2011. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Ramona Tanabe on WCRI's Annual Confab | 02/29/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Ramona Tanabe, CEO of the Workers Compensation Research Institute — a most excellent workers’ comp research organization — was kind enough to carve out a few minutes on the eve of this year’s gathering of the brainiacs to answer a few of my questions. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Things to Not Do if You Sell Workers' Comp Services | 02/16/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | |||
| If you’re in the workers’ comp space, there are several things you should avoid at all costs. ...Read More | |||
| Paduda: Predictions for Healthcare in 2024 | 02/12/2024 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Some of you know Jay Stith — he’s been working with HSA for half a decade now, heading up data analytics and research. Jay’s brilliant, has a great dry wit, and most of all very insightful. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What Should Happen in Workers' Comp but Probably Won't | 01/24/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I’ve finally figured out that what I think should happen often doesn’t. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How'd I Do in Predictions for 2023 (Part 2)? | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Here’s the second half of my annual predictions and how they panned out. Part 1 can be read ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How'd I Do in Predictions for 2023? | 01/03/2024 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Yikes! A year has passed (good riddance), and it’s time to own up to how I did on my annual predictions for workers’ comp, and stuff that will drive WC &mdas...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Provider Consolidation Means Higher Comp Costs, Longer Disability | 12/19/2023 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Health care provider vertical integration increases work comp medical costs, increases disability duration and does not deliver better outcomes. ...Read More | |||
