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I am chagrinned to admit a variety of historical moments that I recall. Many things have occurred in my lifetime, and it bothers me more than a little that I am getting, as they say, […]

Falls from heights and on the same level when on working surfaces continue to be among the leading causes of serious work-related injuries and deaths. Performing elevated work is no less hazardous when done infrequently […]

The Appeals Board heard oral arguments recently in Johnson v. Inspire Brands, d/b/a Blazin Wings, Inc, an interlocutory appeal of an expedited hearing order where the trial court, after weighing competing expert medical opinions, granted back surgery. […]

One of my favorite Workers Comp people in the workers comp industry forwarded me a link to download a copy of the 2021 Workers Comp Benchmarking Study. (c) Rising Medical Solutions – used with permission […]

Yesterday we kicked off Workers’ comp pharmacy week with a quick review of WCRI’s latest research. Today we’ll focus on our annual Survey of Pharmacy Benefit Management in Workers’ Compensation. We’ve been doing this for (gulp!) 19 […]

I am sometimes asked during presentations, at conferences, or just in general conversations why I rarely cover Workers Comp fraud in the 2,000 articles on this website.  I have covered fraud in a few instances […]

There’s been a lot of news around work comp pharmacy of late – time to dive into what’s happening, why, and the implications thereof. No better place to start than WCRI’s just-published study on the latest […]

Workers’ compensation’s original premise, the “Grand Bargain”, has remained consistent since its inception in the early 20th century. There have been exceptions and variations to the definition of disease and injury coverage, types of benefits and […]