In my position as the author of The Optimized Patient, I am making a direct appeal to the Workers Compensation industry to do something innovative about injured worker recoveries that fail.  You have the tools […]

“For 17 years I have visited state houses across the country... working on laws and regulations related to the provision of care for injured workers. In my travels I have encountered many people who talk […]

One of the most eye-opening parts of recovering from a workplace injury was realizing that the medical care I was receiving wasn’t enough. To be precise, I really didn’t understand what surgeons do and what […]

“Patient education? Great idea! But who pays for that?” Employers - you do, whether you provide the education or not. That answer usually causes some silence and blinking until I say, “But the cost of […]

How are you? From an injured worker’s perspective, these three words might have gone a very long way to helping me fully recover. The problem is, the vocabulary of workers’ compensation is more familiar with […]