WHAT: This last installment of NCCI’s series on inflation and workers compensation (WC) medical costs focuses on changes in drug costs and, in particular, how changes in opioid prescribing have impacted those cost trends. The study explains how […]

Even with vast technological improvements, workplace fatality rates have remained stagnant over the last 15 years. So what gives? How can employers alter their approach to make a lasting impact? Todd Conklin has developed a […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- I am the education chair for two organizations, the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy and the All Florida Case Management Network, the regional group for the Case Management Society of America. […]

Fegley v. Firestone Tire & Rubber and Appel v. GWC Warranty Corp  On March 17, 2023, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in the cases Fegley v. Firestone Tire & Rubber and Appel v. GWC Warranty Corp., […]

By Erin Zablocki, CDME, Master C.E.A.C., ECHM  Executive Director of Rehab Technology ATF Medical March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and the Brain Injury Association of America’s tagline #MoreThanMyBrainInjury reminds us that someone with a […]

Yesterday I woke up with a song inside my head:  "Everything In Its Right Place" by the English rock band Radiohead. Like a morning bell ringing in my ears, this first track from the Kid A album continued to […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As a long-time nurse case manager who worked in workers' compensation, I learned early on that the Claims Adjuster was a pivotal person to build a relationship with if I wanted […]

Lexington, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Kentucky, an employee has a narrow path to establishing a compensable occupational disease. If she hopes to get her claim in gear, she must show that the exposure at issue […]