Industry Insights
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Snyder: Are You a Courageous Negotiator? | 06/12/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Merriam-Webster defines courage as the mental or moral strength to venture, persevere and withstand danger, fear or difficulty. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: How to Write a WC Mediation Brief | 05/15/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Why do so many advocates stumble when it comes to preparing for mediation? ...Read More | |||
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Slyngstad: Finding the Right Doctors to Improve Claim Outcomes | 05/08/2019 | |
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| By: Colleen Slyngstad | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today, workers' compensation leaders understand that by using physicians who have a track record of achieving superior outcomes, such as enabling prompt recovery and early return to work, they can facilitate improved results and significant savings on each and every claim — spanning fro...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Winning the Zero Sum Game | 04/11/2019 | |
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| Source: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many negotiators approach resolution as a zero sum game. Each side’s gain or loss is exactly equal to the other party’s gain or loss. Viewing the resources available as limited can obstruct getting to settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Fear of Better Options | 03/13/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most of us have seen, and maybe used, the acronym FOMO. It means "fear of missing out." FOMO is the fear of making the wrong decision about how to spend your time, particularly after you've seen internet stories about others doing better. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: A Mediation Story | 02/19/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The claim was decades old. Indemnity was supposedly fully paid. The carrier hadn’t paid a medical bill in years. The applicant had dismissed her attorney but continued to pursue the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Sandlin: Firefighters and Cancer: A Broken System | 02/08/2019 | |
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| By: Bennett Sandlin | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The way we care for firefighters who are diagnosed with cancer needs to be fixed because it isn’t working well for firefighters or the public they serve. ...Read More | |||
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Siefkes: Catastrophic or Not? | 02/06/2019 | |
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| Source: W. Robert Siefkes | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I recently resolved a case involving a health care worker’s exposure to the measles virus during the course of her usual and customary work activities. It caused rather substantial neurological impairments. The neurologic injuries were accepted. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Ingredients of Effective Mediation | 01/15/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are the attributes of effective mediation? These four principles are integral: ...Read More | |||
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Slyngstad: How to Reduce Litigation Costs in Your Claims Process | 12/18/2018 | |
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| By: Colleen F. Slyngstad | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Attorney involvement has been steadily driving up workers' compensation claims costs over the past decade, and research reveals the problem has never been worse. ...Read More | |||
