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Workers' Compensation News
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Tips to Avoid a Holiday Party Work Comp Hangover
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12/10/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 389 | 0
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Holiday parties are almost a foregone conclusion, but along with the fun, camaraderie and joviality is a measure of workers' compensation risk that is generally not appreciated.Though case law goes both was, generally, injuries incurred at the annual holiday party will probably be compensabl...Read More
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Time Management for Claims Examiners - Part 2
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09/02/2002
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State: FL | Segment: | 389 | 0
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The first part of this series started off with some basic concepts on time management, applied to the claims examiner's special duties. Of course, there are more techniques to implement, otherwise this wouldn't be a two part series! Daily Task Management, as noted in the prior article, is si...Read More
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Time Management for Claims Examiners - Part 1
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08/18/2002
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State: FL | Segment: | 333 | 0
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Being a claims examiner is a demanding job. Not only is there the stress of dealing with people who are injured and need your help, but time deadlines are constantly looming while the case load seems to always increase. That's why learning proper time management techniques is such an important part ...Read More
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Timely Payment of a Settlement
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07/22/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 444 | 0
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A user from California writes: I am looking for something that says how much time is allowed for payment of a C & R Order, but haven't found anything
specific. I heard it was 20 days. Can you direct me?.. I can't seem to find a written period of time.
The answer is as convoluted ...Read More
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The Body Parts Market - Permanent Disability
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06/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 417 | 0
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Permanent disability indemnity is intended to compensate a worker for the loss of ability to compete in the open labor market. Essentially, it is putting a value on body parts. Most permanent disability indemnity schemes attempt to make adjustments to the value of a body part dependent on the age of...Read More
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Transportation to Cure or Relieve - LC 4600
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06/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 450 | 0
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An injured workers wrote in recently, apparently anxious about getting to the hospital for scheduled surgery related to his industrial injury. How was he going to get to and from the hospital since he had to move 4 hours away due to financial circumstances?
California ...Read More
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The Four Stages Of A Physical Therapy Program
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02/17/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 766 | 0
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By Steven Danchik, MA, RPT
The primary goal of physical therapy should always be the restoration of function. Purpose and direction are necessary for effective treatment. There are four general stages of an effective physical therapy program. This article will discuss the first two, an...Read More
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The 1st 90 Days - Part 2
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01/23/2002
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State: CA | Segment: | 462 | 0
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The first in this series of articles explained the importance in general terms of the first 90 days of a claim's life, and why it is critical for a claims examiner to conduct a thorough investigation during ...Read More
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Take Charge of Your Claim
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12/15/2001
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State: FL | Segment: | 452 | 0
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Unfortunately workers' compensation ends up adversarial because of competing interests.
The purpose of workers' compensation systems are to "pay now, ask questions later" in order to take care of the injured worker. When this system was devised, this philosophy made sense because of the ter...Read More
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