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Drive to Stay Alive
Drive to Stay Alive

As a young paramedic back in the 1980’s I quickly learned how devastating automobile collisions are. The human body simply doesn’t hold up well given the dynamics of a high-speed impact. Back in those days […]
U.S. Workers Report Declining Health as Workplace Burnout Rate Remains High at 61%
U.S. Workers Report Declining Health as Workplace Burnout Rate Remains High at 61%

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) - New research from The Hartford, a leading provider of group disability insurance and absence management, found that 43% of U.S. workers have delayed routine health care appointments since the COVID-19 pandemic […]
NIOSH: Rocking 2022 Safe-In-Sound Award Winners
NIOSH: Rocking 2022 Safe-In-Sound Award Winners

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) - On Friday the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and partners, present the 2022 Safe-in-Sound Awards™external icon in the areas of both manufacturing and audio engineering. Northrop Grumman St. […]
CA DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to the Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment
CA DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to the Qualified Medical Evaluator Regulations to Online Forum for Public Comment

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted proposed amendments to the QME regulations to its online forum where members of the public may review and comment on the proposals. […]
The Innovation Equation for Pain
The Innovation Equation for Pain

There are two options when faced with a choice – maintain the status quo or do something different. Choosing the status quo means no change by continuing to do what was done previously with likely […]
CMS to hold WCMSA webinar on February 17, 2022 – several key WCMSA topics are on CMS's agenda
CMS to hold WCMSA webinar on February 17, 2022 – several key WCMSA topics are on CMS's agenda

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will be holding a webinar on February 17, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss a variety of topics related to Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Asides (WCMSAs).  CMS’s […]
Amended Rules Take Effect Now
Amended Rules Take Effect Now

The Workers’ Compensation Law grants the administrator rule-making authority. That authority extends to the rules governing the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Alternative Dispute Resolution.Chief Judge Switzer " data-medium-file="https://tncourtofwcclaims.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kenneth-switzer.jpg?w=207" data-large-file="https://tncourtofwcclaims.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kenneth-switzer.jpg?w=620" /> As we’ve promised, […]
WA: Centralia Businesses Fined More Than a Quarter of a Million Dollars Collectively After 250 Workers Contract COVID-19 in the Same Warehouse
WA: Centralia Businesses Fined More Than a Quarter of a Million Dollars Collectively After 250 Workers Contract COVID-19 in the Same Warehouse

Tumwater, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - When workers housed in Thurston County hotels and employed at a Lewis County distribution center got sick with COVID-19, they walked to the hospital for help and feared they could lose […]