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Medicare Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Data on Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Asides
Medicare Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Data on Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set Asides

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Solutions  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   On December 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released “Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Fiscal Year Statistics 2023.” […]
What is the Problem?
What is the Problem?

Douglas Amend, Partner, Optimized Outcome Solutions. If you have responsibility for your company’s workers’ compensation budget, I think you will find value in this different perspective.  My experience speaking at numerous conventions suggests that “Employers/Payors […]
Tobacco’s Impact on Medical Treatment and Healing in Workers’ Compensation
Tobacco’s Impact on Medical Treatment and Healing in Workers’ Compensation

Author: Cameron Hannum, Pharm.D., Sr. Clinical Account Pharmacist, Enlyte Tobacco use and smoking has wide-ranging implications for health and overall individual wellbeing, including the ability to negatively impact medical treatment outcomes and wound healing processes. […]
NCCI: Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI
NCCI: Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. "Our" system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly […]
CMS Holds Webinar on Sec. 111 Reporting of Work Comp MSA Information  
CMS Holds Webinar on Sec. 111 Reporting of Work Comp MSA Information  

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Solutions  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   On November 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a webinar on anticipated changes with respect to the potential […]
Getting Injured Workers Back on Their Feet 
Getting Injured Workers Back on Their Feet 

By Rick Wyche, ATP, C.E.A.C. Executive Director of Sales, Marketing & Business Development ATF Medical  Losing the ability to stand is one of the hardest adjustments a severely injured worker ever makes. Humans are designed to stand, taking […]
Innovate or Die 
Innovate or Die 

Disruptors. The promise of tomorrow for some, the end of the line for others.  Innovation has been the topic du jour at several recent workers’ compensation conventions.  As an innovator in a different way to […]
Ritsema Law’s Colorado Workers’ Compensation Update
Ritsema Law’s Colorado Workers’ Compensation Update

Visit Ritsema Law Kent Berends v. Town of Kiowa and Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing AgencyW.C. No. 5-162-468Compensability, Medical Benefits The respondents sought review of an order of Administrative Law Judge Tenreiro (ALJ) that determined the […]

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