Industry Insights
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Duff: More Challenges in WC Teaching: Permanent Partial Disability | 02/26/2019 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Nothing more quickly allows me as a teacher to reveal and explore the fault lines of workers’ compensation theory than the subject of permanent partial disability. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Looking for Miracles Under Every Rock | 02/25/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' comp claim analytics posts I have written were about my search of a good claim analytics package. Unfortunately, my search ended up like my search for workers' comp apps: disappointed with still a hope for the future. ...Read More | |||
| Lynch: The Wizard Behind the Curtain, Part 2 | 02/22/2019 | ||
| By: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let me tell you a story. The year is 2015, and a workers’ compensation consultant is sitting in a highly respected insurer’s plush conference room. The consultant is meeting with the insurer’s senior vice president of claims to negotiate price for an innovative specialty...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: No 'Special Risk/Mission' Exception for MVA After Second Shift at Work | 02/21/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If you ask an applicants' attorney about the “going and coming rule,” nine out of 10 will tell you, “Oh yeah, it means you’re going to find this claim compensable, and I’m coming for your money.” ...Read More | |||
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Price: Preparing for the New York Formulary | 02/20/2019 | |
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| Source: David Price | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I recently found myself in a discussion with Mark Pew about the latest version of the proposed New York workers' compensation drug formulary. As is often the case, he had some very good questions. One of those questions really got me thinking: What should payers do —...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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Torrey: Taking One for the Team | 02/15/2019 | |
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| Source: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The issue of safety incentive programs in the workplace has been current for a number of years now. A common concern is that safety programs that promise a periodic bonus to all, if no injuries occur, may create anxiety among workers that they should avoid reporting their injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: All Is Not Well in California and Hawaii | 02/14/2019 | |
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| Source: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Duty of care (King v. CompPartners) was reviewed in this column in October. The case involved the sudden discontinuation by a utilization review physician of patient Kirk King's klonopin. ...Read More | |||
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Young: It's About Time | 02/13/2019 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has now announced free online access to medical evidence-based treatment guidelines for medical providers. ...Read More | |||
