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The Caring Claim Every workers’ compensation claim contains dozens of small interactions that tell an injured employee whether they are being supported or processed. Injury changes the body while uncertainty begins reshaping attention, emotion, and decision-making. Pain and fear […]

The Case Manager When someone is injured on the job, the focus is naturally placed on treating the physical injury. Diagnostic tests are ordered, specialists are consulted, surgery may be scheduled, and rehabilitation begins. While […]

Better RTW I have spent years listening to organizations talk about return to work. The conversations almost always sound the same. How quickly can we get someone back? What restrictions do they have? Is there […]

Case File When a fire inspector/firefighter attempted to claim that he was traveling from one inspection site to another, an email and a map conspired to defeat his argument that he was on the clock […]

Better RTW When most people hear the phrase “return-to-work,” they picture the day an injured employee walks back through the front door. The paperwork has been completed. Restrictions have been identified. A modified job has […]

Compliance Corner Under Colorado law, insurers must hit claimants up for some survey information. What does the Rocky Mountain State look for from such surveys? Thanks to Simply Research, we take a gander. Who gets Surveyed? […]

Summer Safety Series Welcome to The Science Behind Workplace Injuries: 30 Days of Summer Safety, where we explored the environmental hazards, human physiology, behavioral science, and organizational decisions shaping workplace safety. This final article brings together […]

Compliance Corner When an injured worker in Connecticut has to miss work to get treatment for a work-related injury, how does she get paid? What about when the worker has to show up at a […]