Tag Archives: workers compensation
Webinar: The Art and Science of Workers Comp Medical Case Management
What are the benefits of medical case management? When should employers assign a case manager to their workers compensation files? Is the cost worth the benefits?
Visit – WorkCompSeminars.com to Register – Click Here
The key to managing...
The Workers Compensation Provider Consolidation Continues
Over the last six months we have seen consolidation after consolidation – the question for industry leaders, will this affect employers ability to pick and choose providers to manage their workers compensation claims?
The current list of companies...
Everybody Hates Workers Compensation – Defining Industry Challenges
Article Written by Margaret Spence – Published in Claims Magazine
There are few stakeholders in the system who would refute the headline of this article. As we grapple with the things we dislike about the workers’ compensation system,...
Employer Must Pay for Gastric-by-Pass Under Workers Compensation
Employers are being asked to take on more or more burdens for employees who are injured on the job. Today I read the following AP Story regarding an employee who was hired weighing 340 lbs – he had a back injury and the employer is being...
Workers Compensation Return to Work Programs – An Investment or Drain on Corporate Resources?
Imagine if everyone shared your vision of getting ill or injured employees back to work? In today’s tough economy, it may be difficult to sell your company on the benefits of continuing to offer injured employees viable light duty jobs especially...
Workers Compensation is a Team Sport – Is the Treating Physician on Your Team?
Dear Dr. X – I really don’t understand the note I received from your office, can the employee come back to work or not? What do you mean he has a five pound lifting restriction – he doesn’t lift anything all day!
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The National Return to Work Week Challenge
Light duty immediately invokes negative feelings for most employers. I have heard countless stories from employers recanting the horrible experiences they have had as they attempted to bring injured employees back to work. I have witnessed the...
National Return to Work Week Virtual Conference Starts May 11
National Return to Work Week Five Day Virtual Conference will bring together employers, employees, physicians, vocational experts, insurance, legal professionals and disability providers from around the country to share expertise, best practices...
Property Managers Fatality Highlights Traveling Employee Exposure
Case: Bruce Houck, Individually and as the Representative for the Estate of Ellen Houck, Deceased vs. Tarragon Management and AIG Claims Services, Inc. No. 1D08-0081 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 02/24/09)
Date of Accident: September 8, 2002
Background:...
National Return to Work Week – May 10 to 16, 2009
Press Release: National Return to Work Week is an opportunity for everyone involved in the workers compensation and disability management process to demonstrate their commitment to helping injured, disabled or ill employees stay-at-work or return-to-work....
