Industry Insights
| Lynch: Violence in the ER: A Big Problem Getting Worse | 12/04/2018 | ||
| Source: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Men and women who yearn to follow in the footsteps of Hippocrates, Galen and Banting are taught many things in med school, but there is no course called "Violence in the ER, and What to Do When it Happens to You." Until recent times that hasn&rsquo...Read More | |||
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Moore: Who's Really to Blame for Rating Bureau Mistakes? | 12/03/2018 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Most workers' comp rating bureaus are only as good as the data the organizations receive from the carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Services: Specialize or Generalize? | 11/30/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| WorkCompWire’s Leaders’ Speak column features a two...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Court Confirms Strength of Carrier's Subrogation Lien | 11/29/2018 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Subrogation professionals are duty-bound to maximize a workers’ compensation subrogation recovery for a WC carrier and its insured employer, which is eager to maintain a favorable experience rating. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Almaraz/Guzman Continues March to 'Magic Words' Status | 11/28/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I report to you today that it appears Almaraz/Guzman has achieved status as a magic phrase. It need only be uttered or hinted at, and all the rules (and laws) that would otherwise apply appear to go out the window. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Compensating Injury and Disease Caused by the 'Sedentary Workplace' | 11/27/2018 | |
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| Source: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new article, published in the Lewis & Clark Law Review, the authors assert that employers should be liable for workers’ compensation when workers, because of their sedentary duties,...Read More | |||
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Lakshmikanthan: The Case for AI in Commercial Insurance | 11/26/2018 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last time, we discussed some of the potential benefits of artificial intelligence i...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Medicare's Conditional Payment Recovery Process Ramping Up | 11/21/2018 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last month, at the annual National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals’ Annual Conference, Performant Financial, the current contractor for the Commercial Repayment Center, held a timely panel question and answer session. ...Read More | |||
| Martin: Would Your Employees Take the Bait? | 11/20/2018 | ||
| By: Megan Martin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Since 2015, in at least three instances, third parties have illegally gained access to sensitive data via targeted phishing attacks on employee email accounts in workers’ compensation funds, and experts believe future attacks are inevitable. Phishing takes the form of deceptive emai...Read More | |||
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Young: After Dynamex, What's Next? | 11/19/2018 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Will the 2018 California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex actually have less impact on California workers’ comp than some might have believed? ...Read More | |||
