Industry Insights
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Stephens: A Curious Pursuit of Obscure Knowledge | 02/28/2018 | |
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| Source: John Stephens | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Now that the Philadelphia Eagles have won their first Super Bowl title, only one team with an all-time winning record has never won the Big Game. Coincidentally, that team is the Minnesota Vikings, in whose stadium Super Bowl LII was played Feb. 4. These factoids are just a small sampling of the ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Can Comp System Be Vaccinated Against Flu? | 02/27/2018 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This flu season has been epidemic. It has severely affected the occupational health network and created challenges not foreseen by the crafters of the 1911 workers’ compensation acts in New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Are You Being Gamed? | 02/26/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve had a number of conversations of late with self-insured employers about their workers’ comp “savings” reports. One thing that keeps coming up is how — and why — vendors game the numbers. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Medical Networks Key to Employee Health and Savings | 02/23/2018 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' compensation medical networks have always provided a large return on investment. Injured employees receive the best medical treatment, and the employer cuts its workers comp costs. ...Read More | |||
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Boddicker: Comp Reform Bills of Interest Introduced | 02/22/2018 | |
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| By: Daniel J. Boddicker | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| House Bill 5240 is an effort from the workers' compensation gurus at the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce that amends the state Workers' Compensation Act to require a recipient of some pain management medications to sign a written agreement with the prescribing physician,...Read More | |||
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Langham: Comparing Funding Processes | 02/21/2018 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There are different ways to fund workers' compensation systems. This post compares North Carolina's model to Florida's. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: Temps Who Don't File Comp Claim Can Sue Special Employers | 02/20/2018 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It seems that in Wisconsin, the exclusive remedy rule, which prevents an employee from suing his employer in tort, isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Stone Point Buys Genex — Again | 02/16/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Case management/bill review/utilization review/independent medical exam company Genex has been re-purchased by Stone Point Capital. Stone Point sold the business to Apax in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Apportionment Based on Genetics | 02/15/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| How significant will the concept of apportionment based on genetics become? ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: Medical Exam Sufficient to Proceed to Trial | 02/14/2018 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Awhile back, I asked questions (as I often do) about Labor Code section 4061(i): How does this work? Section 4061(i) provides, after all, that “no issue relating to a dispute over the existence or extent of permanent impairment and limitations resulting from the injur...Read More | |||
