Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) –The federal government, the Drug Enforcement Administration or DEA, regulates the classification of drugs and uses certain criteria determinates to classify a drug into a category. A new drug rule proposal by […]

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In some states, including Florida, employment-related posttraumatic stress disorder for first responders and correctional officers is compensable. In the Sunshine State, for purposes of such compensability, the injuries to which a […]

Franklin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Last week, Cumberland RIMS held their 2023 Annual Symposium, Brace for Impact, where inflation was a hot topic. "Adverse Impact of Inflation on your program" was covered by Beth Tansey from […]

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Various versions of remote work have gone from "new normal" to "here to stay" over the past several years, but one thing that is still developing is what the implication for […]

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The tragic case of a taxi driver who was shot in the shoulder and paralyzed from the waist down caused the Kentucky Supreme Court to revisit its method of determining independent […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Case managers who work with complex/catastrophic patients have two people to 'case manage' the injured worker and the Caregiver. Both have different needs and are handled differently. By working effectively with […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As happens in many legal cases, workers' compensation claims that go through the system of judges and appeals often have two sides to the story. Such was the case in Eull v. […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While telemedicine was available prior to the pandemic, the pandemic certainly ushered in a new acceptance and use of healthcare accomplished virtually. Not only did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]