Conference Preview At next month's CLM Work Comp Conference, Sanderson Firm's Brendon De Souza will be on a panel presenting "Beyond Thresholds: CMS’s 2025 Medicare Set-Aside Reporting Requirements." We were fortunate to borrow some of […]

Compliance Corner In Oregon, if an MCO receives a complaint or dispute that is not included in the MCO dispute resolution process, the MCO must, within seven days from the date of receiving the complaint, […]

Case File When a Walmart worker got hit by a truck while jogging off the clock in the parking lot, was it a work-related injury and did his acceptance of workers' compensation benefits matter? Simply […]

Compliance Corner Under Iowa law, the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner must approve all settlements involving work injuries. As Simply Research subscribers know, the Hawkeye State allows four different types of settlements: (1) Full Commutation A full […]

Glossary Check Anyone new to the workers' compensation system -- like a newly injured worker -- might struggle to keep up with the terminology surrounding claims, benefits, and return-to-work. That's why Simply Research keeps up […]

Case File Evidence that the daughter of a worker developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos he brought home on his work clothes, and not from a brief summer job she held, allowed the daughter's estate […]

Federal Focus Because a federal worker received workers' compensation benefits, she wasn't able to "double dip," so to speak, and also receive interim relief payments after her removal from an Army position. Simply Research subscribers […]

Case File In Utah, when an employer or insurance carrier seek reimbursement and offset on a worker's third-party tort action, does the proportionate share of legal expenses include past and future benefits? Simply Research subscribers […]