Recent Work Comp Ruling: No Benefits for NH Firefighter

• 11/15/18
• FJ Thomas

Seabrook, NH (WorkersCompensation.com) - New Hampshire adopted Senate Bill 541 this summer, which allows firefighters to apply for workers’ comp coverage for certain types of cancer. According to the bill, “…In ...

Five Things You Need to Know: 11/15, Thursday Edition

• 11/15/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -  1) Microsoft Hones in on Workforce Diversity Microsoft is working to increase workforce diversity, writes Jordyn Holman of Bloomberg’s Technology section. Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, ...

4-1-1 on Comp: Poll Workers and Work Comp Claims

• 11/14/18
• Bruce Burk

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - With the elections in the rearview mirror, most people are done thinking about the polls for a while. Although in a few states, some poll workers are still busy completing recounts. Poll workers ...

Five Things You Need to Know: 11/14, Wednesday Edition

• 11/14/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NY: Former Electric Co. Employee Arrested for Alleged Work Comp Fraud Bath, NY resident Jeffrey Smalt is in some trouble with the state’s work comp laws, according to Insurance ...

OH Court Awards Work Comp Benefits to Data Entry Clerk

• 11/13/18
• Toni Sutton

Twinsburg, OH (Workerscompensation.com) - An Ohio appellate court has ruled to uphold an award of benefits to data clerk Sandra White for the injuries she sustained from falling while on her lunch break while taking a ...

Medicare's Conditional Payment Recovery Process is Ramping Up: What You Need to Know

• 11/15/18
• Jean Goldstein

Last month, at the annual National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals’ Annual Conference, Performant Financial (Performant), the current contractor for the Commercial Repayment ...

Fitting Good into Busy Lives

• 11/13/18
• David Langham

This is a busy news week. Yesterday was the observance  of Veteran's Day. Communities gathered for remembrances, parades, and various dedications of monuments and memorials. I love Veteran's Day! In California, fires raged. In various states, ...

Hardwired Hacking

• 11/12/18
• David Langham

There is a great deal of concern and angst about our privacy. I have written about DNA testing in Science, the Right to Privacy and Big Brother. Our interest in constitutionally recognized privacy, and the ignorant among us that neither appreciate its ...

Please Consider Supporting the Women to Watch Foundation to Prevent Up to 90% of Cervical Cancers

• 11/09/18
• Heather Schwartz Sanderson

In December 2017 last year, I attended the Women to Watch conference hosted by CLM/Business Insurance in New York City. During the conference, the newly formed Women to ...

Honest Critics - Invaluable

• 11/09/18
• David Langham

I find honest critics refreshing and inspiring, and have yet to hear a convincing argument for discounting or muting honest critics. There is much to learn from those who provide counter-point and alternative perspective. I heard from an honest critic this ...

Sedgwick Announces Cunningham Lindsey Hong Kong Service Offerings Will Operate With the Sedgwick Brand

• 11/15/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Hong Kong,(WorkersCompensation.com) -Sedgwick – a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk,benefits and integrated business solutions – ...

James K. Christie Begins Term as President of the Casualty Actuarial Society

• 11/15/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Las Vegas,NV (WorkersCompensation.com) – James K. Christie, FCAS, an insurance industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience, began his term as the president of the ...

Workplace Injuries, Illnesses Remain Lowest in Indiana State History

• 11/15/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Indianapolis,IN (WorkersCompensation.com) - Today the Indiana Department of Labor released the state’s results from the 2017 Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Survey of Occupational Injuries ...

Payments for Surgeries in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Lower Than in Hospital Outpatient Departments, with Few Exceptions, Finds WCRI Study

• 11/15/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Cambridge, MA,(WorkersCompensation.com) - The payments for similar knee and shoulder surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery ...

New California Workplace Injury Reporting Requirements

• 11/14/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Sacremento,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - In compliance with Federal OSHA requirements, some California employers will be required to annually submit their injury and illness log information to a federal OSHA ...

The Faces of Kids' Chance - Thursday Edition

• 11/15/18
• Robert Wilson

A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids' Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to ...

The Faces of Kids' Chance - Wednesday Edition

• 11/14/18
• Robert Wilson

A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids' Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to ...

The Faces of Kids' Chance - Tuesday Edition

• 11/13/18
• Robert Wilson

A Note from Bob: Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week! This week, all across America, Kids' Chance chapters and their supporters are engaged in activities that will raise awareness of this great cause. However, it is one thing to ...

Welcome to Kids' Chance Awareness Week 2018

• 11/12/18
• Robert Wilson

Today marks the beginning of the Third Annual Kids’ Chance Awareness Week, where the workers’ compensation industry gets to pull out all the stops to make everyone aware of this terrific organization. Awareness Week will ...

Another Recap of the Week's Absurd, and a Bit More

• 11/09/18
• Robert Wilson

Well, it has been another banner week in the news. This week saw the culmination of the latest and greatest “most important election in our lifetime,” one that had just a couple eyebrow raising moments. A man ignored ...

The Grand Bargain

• 11/15/18
• Safety National

At the 2018 SAWCA All Committee Conference, a session discussed the state of the Grand Bargain of workers' compensation. The speakers were: Wade McGuffey - Attorney, Goodman, McGuffey Beth Aldridge - Commissioner, Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission ...

Presumption Laws

• 11/15/18
• Safety National

At the 2018 SAWCA All Committee Conference, a session discussed presumption laws in workers' compensation. The speakers were: Karl Aumann - Chairman, Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission Robert Stokes - Attorney, Flahive, Ogden & Latson (Texas) Many ...

Marijuana: Lessons from Colorado and Maine

• 11/15/18
• Safety National

At the 2018 SAWCA All-Committee Conference, a session discussed how recreational and medical marijuana is impacting regulators, the medical community, and businesses in Colorado and Maine. The panel was: Paul Tauriello - Director, ...

State of NJ Sues a NJ-Based Opioid Manufacturer Seeking Reimbursement of Work Comp Costs

• 11/15/18
• Jon Gelman

The NJ Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary of NJ based Johnson and Johnson seeking reimbursement for workers' compensation costs resulting from deceptive ...

Paradigm Announces Collaboration on Evidence-Based Practices with Rehab Groups

• 11/15/18
• Paradigm Outcomes

The American Congress of Rehab Medicine (ACRM), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and Paradigm are pleased to announce an outcomes evidence-based practice initiative to ...

Marijuana: Lessons from Colorado and Maine

• 11/15/18
• Safety National

At the 2018 SAWCA All-Committee Conference, a session discussed how recreational and medical marijuana is impacting regulators, the medical community, and businesses in Colorado and Maine. The panel was: Paul Tauriello - Director, ...

State of NJ Sues a NJ-Based Opioid Manufacturer Seeking Reimbursement of Work Comp Costs

• 11/15/18
• Jon Gelman

The NJ Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a subsidiary of NJ based Johnson and Johnson seeking reimbursement for workers' compensation costs resulting from ...

Recent Work Comp Ruling: No Benefits for NH Firefighter

• 11/15/18
• FJ Thomas

Seabrook, NH (WorkersCompensation.com) - New Hampshire adopted Senate Bill 541 this summer, which allows firefighters to apply for workers’ comp coverage for certain types of cancer. According to the bill, ...

Five Things You Need to Know: 11/15, Thursday Edition

• 11/15/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -  1) Microsoft Hones in on Workforce Diversity Microsoft is working to increase workforce diversity, writes Jordyn Holman of Bloomberg’s Technology section. Lindsay-Rae ...

Paradigm Announces Collaboration on Evidence-Based Practices with Rehab Groups

• 11/15/18
• Paradigm Outcomes

The American Congress of Rehab Medicine (ACRM), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and Paradigm are pleased to announce an outcomes evidence-based practice initiative ...

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Peter Rousmaniere

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F.J. Thomas

F.J. Thomas has worked in healthcare business for more than fifteen years in Tennessee. Her experience as a contract appeals analyst has given her an intimate grasp of the inner workings of both the provider and insurance world. Knowing first hand ...

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Liz Carey

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Heather Schwartz Sanderson

Heather Schwartz Sanderson, Esq., MSCC, CHPE, CLMP, CMSP Heather is Chief Legal Officer for Franco Signor LLC, the nation's compliance authority for Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) matters. She has lectured on MSP compliance to the workers’ ...

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Jon Coppelman

Since 1990 Jon Coppelman has trained thousands of business owners from Main Street to Fortune 500 on the fundamentals of workers’ compensation cost control. From 2006 to 2012 he was a principal writer for the Workers’ Comp Insider, LynchRyan’s ...

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Toni Sutton

Toni Sutton is a freelance writer from Brooklyn, NY now based in San Diego, CA. She’s been writing for more than 10 years covering topics from business, technology, health, and everything in between. When she’s not hunting for a great story or that ...

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