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Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Physicians received a 3.4 percent cut in Medicare rates at the first of this year as a result of an ongoing decrease of the conversion factor used to calculate rates. For […]

Ravenswood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In West Virginia, a workers’ compensation claimant generally must show that his physical injury arose from something about his job that increased the risk of harm. But how significant does the […]

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A University of Pittsburgh professor says that companies are not improving performance by forcing employees to come back to the office.  He says in fact, that they are damaging performance.  Business […]

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Last month's 20th Annual Workers' Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit began with a highly informative first day. The day featured a group of distinguished professionals known as "The Team,” a term coined by […]

Integrating Positive Psychology in Workers' Compensation can help improve the recovery outcomes and support the injured workers' effective return to work or life. Positive Psychology is a scientific approach focusing on human strengths and well-being, […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 23-year-old Amazon delivery driver said he was scarred for life – physically and emotionally - after being stabbed in the face while working.   His attack was one of the […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Minnesota, there is a presumption that a patient enrolled in the registry program created by state law or a Tribal medical cannabis program patient is engaged in the authorized use […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Police officers in Nevada are entitled to a presumption that their heart disease arose out of and in the course of employment. Insurers and employers, however, can overcome that presumption. […]