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As more health care networks acquire individual physician practices, the workers’ compensation industry must address the medical management costs and patient outcomes associated with this trend.
For an accident related to a social event to be compensable, courts say the event must benefit the employer in some way.
Employers must clearly establish whether recreational or social activities are voluntary or required aspects of employment.
After a telecommuter died of an embolism, her husband claimed it was because her work required her to sit for long hours. The court disagreed.
A round-up of nationwide regulatory changes affecting the workers’ compensation industry.
California’s culture of “informal” employment in construction is putting workers at extreme risk and shorting the state’s workers’ comp system.
Employers must select the TPA best equipped to manage employees’ health and well-being.
While interest in unbundling appears to be on the decline, it remains an important option for employers with the sophistication to manage it.
After a serious trucking accident leaves a driver virtually incapacitated, clues begin to surface that suggest the crash was anything but an accident.
Modified duty and return-to-work programs are making a comeback.
Patients who received early MRI experienced higher costs and longer disability periods. Adherence to guidelines could solve the problem.
The court must consider whether an employer’s ability to designate where a worker parks her car plays a role in the compensability of a parking lot injury.
To improve employee health and impact the bottom line, employers should consider a multi-step approach to workplace wellness.
Those holding down two or more jobs face a substantially increased risk of workplace injury.
Significant workers’ comp legal decisions from around the country.
Workers’ compensation spending as a share of payroll remains below historic levels, according to the National Academy of Social Insurance.
Two employee injuries at the same company produce two very different outcomes.
Many corporations view risk management as a finance or legal function, but risk managers should examine the wisdom of this approach.
Procedural shortcomings render the Florida ruling finding exclusive remedy unconstitutional without real legal effect.
As more entities require access to data from patient drug monitoring programs, experts caution on the need to develop standards for patient privacy.
To gain support across multiple levels of an organization, risk managers must communicate key metrics in a language that people already understand.