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		<title>Webinar: The Art and Science of Workers Comp Medical Case Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Workers Compensation Provider Consolidation Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last six months we have seen consolidation after consolidation – the question for... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/the-workers-compensation-provider-consolidation-continues/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Hates Workers Compensation &#8211; Defining Industry Challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 03:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article Written by Margaret Spence &#8211; Published in Claims Magazine There are few stakeholders in... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/everybody-hates-workers-compensation-defining-industry-challenges/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Must Pay for Gastric-by-Pass Under Workers Compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
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		<title>Workers Compensation Return to Work Programs &#8211; An Investment or Drain on Corporate Resources?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 if you are considering a layoff. Workers Compensation is not forgiving and the system is built to punish employer’s long term for decisions they make now. Frankly, employers are not in a win-win situation when it comes to workplace injuries. If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there. This, in turn, affects the amount of money you pay for premiums. If you refuse to bring the employee back to work you may be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act – ADA. If you bring the employee back to work in a nonproductive light-duty position that has them counting paperclips, you are paying state and federal taxes as well as benefits for an employee who is not contributing anything to your bottom line.]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Compensation is a Team Sport &#8211; Is the Treating Physician on Your Team?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 05:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Return to Work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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!

Workers Compensation is a team sport – everyone has to work for the same goal on the same team – unfortunately medical treatment often creates a disconnect between the goal of the employer – return to work; the goal of the employee – stay at home a little bit longer and the goal of the treating doctor – fill out volumes of paperwork so he or she can get paid and keep everyone happy in the process. The key question for employers, did you explain your return to work goals to the physicians who treat your injured employees? Are we asking physicians to be mind readers? Or are we allowing our employees, who may have their own agenda, to determine their return to work options?]]></description>
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		<title>The National Return to Work Week Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Article]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Challenge - Changing Your Perception of Light Duty - Can I?

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 frustration and the surrender that occurs when injured employees manipulate the system and I have been involved in countless cases as a consultant that made me wonder, “Why are we even doing this?” Some of the cases that come to mind include:

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		<title>National Return to Work Week Virtual Conference Starts May 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 23:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[disability management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 and exchange information to increase return to work opportunities for ill, injured and disabled employees. The best part - It is FREE! So please join us!

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		<title>Property Managers Fatality Highlights Traveling Employee Exposure</title>
		<link>http://workerscompgazette.com/property-managers-fatality-highlight-coming-and-going-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ellen's family sought payment of death benefits and funeral expenses, asserting that Ellen was a traveling employee at the time of her death. The JCC (Worker Comp Court) denied the benefits finding that she was not in the course and scope of her employment when the accident happened. The further asserted that Ellen was not a traveling employee pusuant to FS 440.092(4). Is an employee who travels for his or her employer always covered by workers compensation? Read what the Judges ruled in this case. ]]></description>
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		<title>National Return to Work Week &#8211; May 10 to 16, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. This week highlights the importance of employee retention and employee ability. What can the employee do? Verses what they can not do - Disability does not mean no ability. 
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