Is “recovery” the focus of medical care in workers’ compensation cases?  We hope so, but it can be lost in discussions about utilization review, drug formularies, medical fee schedules, who has control of medical care, and […]

Waukegan, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Waukegan contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration […]

Portland, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) - The MEMIC Group has hired three experienced professionals to regional underwriter posts. Heidi L. Carter has been hired as Senior Production Underwriter in eastern and downstate New York, responsible for renewals […]

A professor in the School of Management at Middle Tennessee State University recently asked me to speak to a couple of her Human Resources classes about workers’ compensation. I put together a presentation on the […]

I was reading an article written by John Kamin, Attorney on his blog concerning per diems.  Even though the article and case were on California claims, two of the article’s conclusions rang very true – –  When […]

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) will hold a free 45-minute webinar on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 2 p.m. ET to discuss Brown University School of Public Health's Long COVID […]

Clearwater, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - A federal investigation into how a 47-year-old carpenter was fatally injured on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Pinellas Gateway Express project in Clearwater found his employer violated safety standards by allowing […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Today the Washington Attorney General’s Office stood up for Hanford workers at the United States Supreme Court. The Office is defending Washington’s bipartisan state law designed to make it easier for […]