Workers' Compensation News
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Wilcox: Triangle Factory Fire a Reminder of Need for a Just Work Comp System
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03/25/2016
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By: Art Wilcox
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 444 | 0
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It is extremely ironic that the negotiation of the New York State budget is taking place in late March and that weaved into the process is an attempt to further complicate the New York state workers' compensation cystem for injured workers. The reason for the irony is that March 25 marks the ...Read More
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Weinmann: Trigeminal Neuralgia -- One Helluva Headache!
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03/09/2016
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By: Robert Weinmann
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 497 | 0
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President Obama made this ringing declaration when he was promoting the Affordable Care Act: "I will ensure that no government bureaucrat gets between you and the care that you need."
Now comes Trigeminal Neuralgia, known in medical neurological parlance as a particul...Read More
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WHY?
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01/20/2016
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By: Julius Young
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 286 | 0
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On Jan. 7, 2016 the WCIRB unveiled a report analyzing changes in indemnity claim frequency (see link below).
The report will continue to stoke the fires of those who are concerned about cumulative trauma claims in California. Of course, the classic cumulative trauma claim would be that of...Read More
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Workers' Comp Foreign Worker Agenda
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01/18/2016
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 708 | 0
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When was the last time immigration was as controversial as it is now? Politicians with serious presidential aspirations have come to wink at xenophobia. It’s not just anger over the 11 million undocumented people, of which eight million are workers. A lot of people in this La...Read More
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When Opioids Almost Kill You, Chances Are You'll Get More Opioids
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01/08/2016
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By: Michael Gavin
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 365 | 0
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I really wanted the first post of 2016 to be positive, uplifting, inspiring ... but a study I read over the break was so unnerving, I had to go and ruin "return to work" day, already a day that lives in infamy, with even more depressing news.
Researchers at Boston Medical Center...Read More
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What Will the Next 30 Years Teach Us?
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01/07/2016
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By: David Langham
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 738 | 0
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The Center for Disease Control appears to be quietly working on guidelines for physicians prescribing opioids. There are a few truths that influence the debate and likely there are some misconceptions and misperception also. One truth is that bodily injury can result in pain. Anyone that has ever...Read More
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Workers' Comp Fraud: The Drobot Case Grinds On
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12/03/2015
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By: Tom Lynch
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 702 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In late February, 2014, we wrote about the sordid tale of corruption perpetrated in southern California by Michael Drobot and his gang of thieves. Honor Sold, Trust Betrayed: U...Read More
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What Happens When Clinicians Don't Trust Regulators?
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12/02/2015
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By: Dr. Robert Weinmann
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 375 | 0
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USA Today published a piece on whether or not physicians should be forced to check a prescription database before writing opioid prescriptions. In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker proposed measures to obstruct physicians from prescribing these medications. Among the irresponsible provisions reco...Read More
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