Industry Insights
| That's Just the Way it Is | 11/12/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I just finished up several days of lecturing and attending classes at the annual American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) workers' compensation course. Physicians that belong to AAOS and in particular who attend the workers' compensation course are very concerned w...Read More | |||
| Treatment Guidelines, Prospective Review, and Patient Safety | 11/02/2012 | ||
| State: NM | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| New Mexico is currently working through the process of adopting medical treatment guidelines. Thankfully, they appear to be leaning toward nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines like the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicin...Read More | |||
| The Supply and Demand of Work Comp | 10/31/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation reform is all about trades within the boundaries of the supply and demand of costs versus benefits. California is going through a seismic shift in the allocation of supply and demand, and a couple of other big states are feeling tectonic pressures too.Both New Y...Read More | |||
| The Tattlers | 10/23/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If you're a non-English-speaking injured worker seeing your doctor, you'd probably assume that the translated communications with your doctor were not being relayed to others by the interpreter.In all too many instances, you would be wrong.A source provided me papers ...Read More | |||
| The Enigma Variations: Comp Rates in Connecticut and Massachusetts | 10/22/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Today we examine two states, side by side on the map, going in opposite directions in their workers' comp rates: Connecticut, which has the dubious distinction of being the second most expensive state (only Alaska is higher) and Massachusetts, ranked 44th for overall costs, with rates so low the...Read More | |||
| The Basic Essentials of Independent Contractors, Revisited | 09/25/2012 | ||
| State: SC | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Back in 2009, we blogged the fate of strippers at the ironically named King Arthur lounge in Chelsea, Mass. The club treated the women as independent contractors, but the court found that they were employees and ordered the lounge to pay back wages to the strippers. (I wonder if they were able to co...Read More | |||
| The Roofer's Conundrum | 09/20/2012 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Five years ago we blogged Missouri's tough-on-workers reforms that made it more difficult to collect benefits in the "Show Me" state. A...Read More | |||
| The Kabuki Dance Continues | 09/14/2012 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Once again, the Florida 1st District Court of Appeal had the opportunity to review an employer/carrier's (E/C) right to compel an independent medical exam (without a pending petition) and once again the court practices form over substance.In Bellamy v. Golden Flake Snack Foods, Inc.,...Read More | |||
| Trends in N.Y. Point to Increased Costs and Litigation | 09/04/2012 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the Workers’ Compensation Policy Institute prepares its second annual comparison of workers’ compensation premium assessments, I cannot help noting the contradiction between the recent moratorium placed on manual rates and the ominous trends indicating that costs in New York are still...Read More | |||
| Truth to the Maxim: Question Authority | 08/23/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Social civility comes down to whether the people trust the government.Trust in governing comes in many different forms, but it is based upon the ability to rely upon the information that is provided by one's government, and when government is less than forthright to its constituents ...Read More | |||
