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Recent Study Suggests Use of Patient Navigators Improves Utilization of Telehealth
Recent Study Suggests Use of Patient Navigators Improves Utilization of Telehealth

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While telehealth may be one solution to accomplish treatment in the face of staffing issues, a recent survey of commercial policyholders suggests that telehealth is popular due to the convenience.  According […]
Mental Strain Taking Toll on Restaurant Workers, Report Says
Mental Strain Taking Toll on Restaurant Workers, Report Says

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new report from AmTrust on injuries for restaurant workers finds that mental strain claims have skyrocketed since the pandemic.  Labor shortages, the great reshuffle and returning to work after […]
Unclogging Machine Amounts to Repair, Leaving Workers’ Comp as Exclusive Remedy
Unclogging Machine Amounts to Repair, Leaving Workers’ Comp as Exclusive Remedy

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What is the difference between making a repair on a machine and why is it important? Accoridng to Alabama's top court in Buford v. Bledsoe, No. CV-19-900125 (Ala. 12/02/22), it meant the […]
Case Management Focus: What are Your Superpowers?
Case Management Focus: What are Your Superpowers?

The Case Management Society of America Case Management recently updated the Case Management Standards of Practice. In reviewing them, I came across one of the guiding principles that caught my eye. It was that case […]
New Analysis Shows Increases in Obesity, Multiple Chronic Diseases
New Analysis Shows Increases in Obesity, Multiple Chronic Diseases

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – United Health Foundation (UHF), a nonprofit and private foundation established by UnitedHealth Group in 1999, has recently released its 2022 America's Health Rankings report after a two-year gap in reporting. The […]
ANA Releases Campaign to Push Healthcare Legislation through Before Year End
ANA Releases Campaign to Push Healthcare Legislation through Before Year End

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While most of healthcare is on the same page in supporting Workplace Violence Prevention Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, other proposed legislation has proven to be controversial, creating tension […]
What Do You Think: Was Driver who Died Delivering Mushrooms 'Employed' by Dispatch Company?
What Do You Think: Was Driver who Died Delivering Mushrooms 'Employed' by Dispatch Company?

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A truck driver signed an independent contractor agreement with a dispatch company called Race, Inc. Under the contract, Race agreed to obtain delivery jobs for the driver. But the driver could […]
Va. Walmart Employee Sues over Inaction on Shooter's 'Bizarre' Behavior
Va. Walmart Employee Sues over Inaction on Shooter's 'Bizarre' Behavior

Chesapeake, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of the survivors of the Chesapeake, Va., Walmart shooting has sued the company for $50 million alleging she warned the company about his "bizarre" behavior months he gunned down six […]

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