Companies Re-Think Health and Wellness Programs to Protect Workers from COVID-19

• 06/05/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL – If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be the breakdown of silos within organizations. With the plethora of ...

• New Study Shows Drastic Increase In Telehealth Claims And Change In Diagnoses
• Bring Back Employees, Customers to a Safe Environment, Experts Advise
• Portable Benefits For Gig Workers Bill Moves Forward In NJ
• Nurse Ordered To Pay Up On WC Scheme

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Prepare for the Fall

• 06/04/20
• Mark Pew

I think we can all agree that 2020 sucks. But as difficult as the first five months have been, “fall” in the title does not refer to civilization. Instead, it refers to the upcoming season from September 22 ...

• The Four Cs: Clarity, Commitment, Creation & Community
• Are Workers' Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?
• Proposed Rule on Section 111 Reporting Civil Monetary Penalties: What Happens Next?
• Struggles & Risks in Self-Administering Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Asides

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Experts Unsure About Downturn Comp Claim Frequency

• 06/05/20
• WorkCompAcademy.com

Sacramento, CA - The sudden loss of millions of jobs, restrictions on nonemergency health care and the potential workers compensation claims from pandemic-related illness have ...

• Employer Group Argues Against Additional COVID-19 Presumptions
• Machinery Involved in 58 Percent of Work-Related Amputations in 2018
• OSHA Denies AFL-CIO Petition Calling for an Emergency Standard on Infectious Diseases
• Coventry Releases Annual Workers' Compensation Drug Trends Series

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Workers' Compensation Should Be Called Workers' Recovery

• 06/03/20
• Robert Wilson

Editor's Note: It has been an extraordinarily hectic few weeks here at WorkersCompensation.com, and Bob has found it difficult to maintain this blog while dealing with ...

• Defining the Essential Worker in the Era of COVID
• Anonymity, Workers' Comp and the Death of Civil Discourse
• We Should Have Bought a Different Thermometer
• We Don't Pay for Dumbassery, Do We?

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How Do We Account for Coronavirus Furloughed Employees -- NCCI

• 06/05/20
• James Moore

Account for Coronavirus Furloughed Employees – NCCI Adds Basic Manual Rules  The Question – How do we account for Coronavirus Furloughed Employees has become ...

• Attorney Fee Legislation
• National Safety Month Spotlights Workplace Safety in the time of COVID-19
• Health Care Experts Discuss a COVID Second Wave
• One Small Step

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New Study Shows Drastic Increase In Telehealth Claims And Change In Diagnoses

• 06/05/20
• F.J. Thomas

New York, NY  – A new analysis from FAIR Health of claim lines from privately insured patients over the last 12 months shows quite the ...

• Machinery Involved in 58 Percent of Work-Related Amputations in 2018
• Health Care Experts Discuss a COVID Second Wave
• OSHA's Vague COVID-19 Reporting Guidance
• Experts Unsure About Downturn Comp Claim Frequency

• Vermont Compliance COVID-19 Updates Updated
• New York Compliance COVID-19 Updates Updated
• Ohio Compliance COVID-19 Updates Updated
• North Dakota Compliance COVID-19 Updates Updated
• Maine Compliance COVID-19 Updates Updated

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