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Fraud Awareness Month November 2009
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Obesity Costs in Workers’ Compensation Claims
By Stuart D. Colburn, Shareholder, Downs Stanford, PC Commentators suggest rising obesity rates increase workers’ compensation costs. Obesity may now directly increase workers’ compensation ...NORTH CAROLINA State Lowers Work Comp Rates First Time in Five Years
State businesses will pay less for workers’ compensation insurance beginning in April of 2010 due to a settlement reached between the North Carolina Department of ...
Leveraging TPA Services to Drive Better Workers Compensation Outcomes
If a member of executive management walked into your office today and asked if you are using your TPA as effectively as possible to reduce ...
TEXAS Pros and Cons of Opting Out in Texas: The Single Workers Compensation Insurance Opt Out State
Fact: Workers’ Compensation Insurance is a type of “property and casualty” business insurance required in all states, except Texas where an employer may opt out. ...
CANADA Temporary Foreign Workers Program Not Working
Canada’s auditor general claims Auditor General Sheila Fraser the government’s temporary foreign worker program is not run efficiently or effectively and tabled a report with Parliament ...
A Tale of Two Med Claims: Delaware IAB Utilization Review Appeal Number #2 is now in!
By Cassandra Roberts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP Last week the IAB released the decision in Francisco Irizarry v. Christiana Care Health Services, IAB # 1294065 ...New Court Decisions/Resources: Dealing With The Obesity Epidemic
Asheville, NC (CompNewsNetwork) - Recent court rulings in Indiana and Oregon have employers worried. The courts have ruled that an employer must pay for an ...Six Key Responsibilities of the Workers Comp Injury Coordinator
An injury coordinator is the person at the business that coordinates activities between the employer, injured worker, doctors, and insurance company. Usually they handle other ...
GREAT BRITAIN Safer Workplace Abroad Makes Quarries and Mines Safer
New Team Formed to Make for Safer Quarries, Mines It seems no matter what part of the world we are in, workplace safety is a very ...
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- CA Labor Commissioner Files $250,000 Lawsuit For Unpaid Wage
- NE Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Benefits
- OSHA Orders Southern Air Inc. To Withdraw Lawsuit
- Doctor's Voluntary Resignation To Treat Workers' Compensation Claimants
- Peter Rousmaniere Discusses Low Risk, Low Cost Strategies for Controlling Chronic Pain
Sharon Edwards (Tuffy)
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04 November, 2009 10:03:10
Way to go WorkersCompensation.com, You are #1 in my book. You have done a fantastic job ,and without your sites so many of ...
rodney threatt
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03 November, 2009 10:49:39
With average loss time claim in the top five in country for several years, we will see a major increase at some point!
Toby Rubenstein
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19 October, 2009 05:06:51
How do you get permission for your investigator to go to the site or how do you pursuade OSHA to visit?
patricia griswold
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15 October, 2009 11:52:53
Does this mean healthcare workers should be given access to swine flu immunizations?
Jonathan Paul
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12 October, 2009 10:19:23
Most workers' compensation rate variation is caused by how an insurance company applies rating classifications to an employer.In some cases, no insurance company is willing ...
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- Peter Rousmaniere Discusses Low Risk, Low Cost Strategies for Controlling Chronic Pain
- Seven People And 11 Corporations Charged In Million-Dollar Workers' Compensation Fraud
- CA Insurance Commissioner Announces $1 Million Grant To Fight Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud
- NE Gov. Signs Bill Prohibiting Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Benefits
- CA Labor Commissioner Files $250,000 Lawsuit For Unpaid Wage
- Ten Costly Return-to-Work Mistakes
- Seven People And 11 Corporations Charged In Million-Dollar Workers' Compensation Fraud
- Sedgwick CMS Integrates Medicare Compliance Solution With Claims Management Services
- WC Is The Last Nail In The Coffin For Small Businesses
- Increase In Use Of Electronics Creating “Intexticated” Workers