Industry Insights
| The Bern, the Buffoon, and Health Care | 02/11/2016 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Well, I never thought I’d be writing about the healthcare plans of Bernie Sanders (!!) and Donald Trump (double !!) as the leading candidates for president. ...Read More | |||
| The Uncompensated Worker | 02/01/2016 | ||
| Source: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, WorkCompCentral released a report, The Uncompensated Worker, that I authored. It is about how a work injury affects family finances. I applied several realistic wor...Read More | |||
| Targeting Psychosocial Barriers to Reduce Delayed Recovery Cases | 01/05/2016 | ||
| By: Ruth Estrich | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| In recent years, the managed care industry has focused on pain management solutions to address delayed recovery cases. However, recent studies show that while pain is an obstacle to returning to meaningful work and life roles, it is not as significant a deterrent as many assume. In fact, ...Read More | |||
| The Comp Awakens! | 12/31/2015 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| I hope you have concluded your annual Christmas, Festivus, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or “other” celebration. The year draws inexorably to a close. I reflect back this week on the year that was, a collection for all of us of ups, downs, and so much in between. This is my last post for 2015....Read More | |||
| The 2015 Top Ten Developments in Calif. Workers' Comp | 12/30/2015 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| What were the most significant developments in California workers’ comp in 2015? Every so often California has a blockbuster year in workers’ comp where comp rises to the forefront of the news. This was not such a year. ...Read More | |||
| Three Claim Failures Your TPA Should Pay For | 12/09/2015 | ||
| By: Barry Thompson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is time for third-party administrators to pay for their broken promises. Over years and decades, “TPA service” has coalesced into a data-algorithmic, process-efficient yet impact-deficient entity. National TPA providers are almost indistinguishable in their essence. Adjustin...Read More | |||
| The Right to Independent Discovery for Injured Workers | 11/24/2015 | ||
| By: Stephen Schneider | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| I have been contacted by a couple of respected copy service companies asking my thoughts about the injured worker’s “independent right to discovery.” I think the concept being inferred is that injured workers and their attorneys should have a right to any and all discovery they ...Read More | |||
| The Case for Physician Education in Light of Rising Death Rates | 11/12/2015 | ||
| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two recent and related op-ed pieces in the New York Times lay out the logic I articulated in my last blog post on addiction and mental health. The two pieces, taken together, ...Read More | |||
| Texas Case Law Update | 11/11/2015 | ||
| By: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| NEW! Pinkus v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Co., 05-14-00892-CV, (11/05/2015): A business traveler's car accident while on his way to have dinner with his son was not within the course and scope of his employment, a Texas appellate court ruled. NEW! Painter v. Amerimex D...Read More | |||
| The IMR Debate is Focusing on the Wrong Metric | 11/04/2015 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Now that California’s courts have ruled the independent medical-review process is constitutional, we can hope things will settle down, docs will start learning what is acceptable and what isn’t, and needless friction will decrease. Unfortunately that isn’t likely. I...Read More | |||
