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Ferguson: Workers Memorial Day and a Voice for the Workers
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04/21/2017
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By: Julie Ferguson
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 1429 | 0
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April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a time when workers and their families, labor unions and safety advocates commemorate those who were killed on the job: 4,800 fatalities per year, or an average of 13 workers who lose the...Read More
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Feinberg: Getting to Yes with UR and IMR
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02/07/2017
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By: Steven Feinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 3472 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read
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This document is meant to help physicians and others better serve injured workers. Understanding how to write requests for treatment that meet evidence-based medicine (EBM) guidelines will more often result in approved authorization for medical care through utilization review (UR) and independent...Read More
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Ferguson: OSHA Under President Trump: Early Signs
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01/26/2017
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By: Julie Ferguson
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 2362 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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We’re still awaiting an appointment to the Department of Labor under the Trump administration, so we don’t expect an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) director to be named until after that.
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Ferguson: Reading the Tea Leaves: The Trump Administration and OSHA
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12/01/2016
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 1990 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers are in a state of limbo between one presidential administration and another, trying to intuit the potential impact as potential names of candidates for the cabinet and key administrative posts are floated, debated and named. Much is still in the realm of speculation.
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Fletcher: Another Look at Physician Dispensing
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10/26/2016
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 788 | 0
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Editor's note: Physician dispensing for workers’ compensation patients has received close scrutiny in the past several years. This past week, Dr. David Fletcher spoke at the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce 9th annual Workers’ Compensation Symposium at the Lis...Read More
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Ferguson: OSHA's New Reporting Rule Raising Hackles
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06/06/2016
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By: Julie Ferguson
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 1255 | 0
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OSHA recently released a final rule on injury reporting and electronic record keeping that is raising hackles in many quarters. If you aren’t aware of the rule, this post will get you up to speed and will present an overview of the controversy.
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Fifty States, Fifty Different Laws: A Peter Rousmaniere Analysis
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02/04/2016
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By: Tom Lynch
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 554 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Consumer Price Index calculator, what you bought for $100 in 1973 would today cost $533.82. Despite this, during that same period wage growth for the median hourly worker ...Read More
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February 2016 Case Law Update
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02/03/2016
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By: Michael W. Sullivan
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 1392 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATION
In King v. Comppartners, Inc. (2016) E063527, the 4th District Court of Appeal held that an injured worker could assert a civil tort claim against a utilization review (UR) doctor for failing to warn him about the potential consequences associated with the abr...Read More
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Finishing Home Health Care Regs
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12/23/2015
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By: Julius Young
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 361 | 0
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As we approach the year’s end, I’ll soon be publishing my annual list of the Top 10 Developments in California workers’ comp.
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