My Conversation with Parashar B. Patel of the "Patel Memo"

The Experts View :
• 09/30/20
• Shawn Deane

Anyone who has been involved in workers’ compensation claims and Medicare Set Asides (MSAs) is likely familiar with the Patel Memo. The Patel Memo is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
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Knee 'Pop' While Looking for Carrots Arises from Sous-chef's Employment

Featured News :
• 09/30/20
• Frank Ferreri

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Standing up from a kneeling position might not have employment characteristics in some jobs, but it did for a sous-chef searching for missing veggies in a ...
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Worker’s Compensation Rates to Decrease in Idaho for 2021

Current News :
• 09/29/20
• WorkersCompensation.com

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) - A proposal for a minus (-) 1.7 percent overall rate change to Idaho workers’compensation insurance, effective January 1, 2021, has been approved by the Idaho ...
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CA DWC Posts Proposed Amendments to the Copy Service Fee Schedule to Online Forum for Public Comment

Current News :
• 09/29/20
• WorkersCompensation.com

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted proposed amendments to the Copy Service Fee Schedule to its online forum where members of ...
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Gallagher Bassett Does Not Expect 'Material Impact' from 'Ransomware Incident'

Featured News :
• 09/29/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com - “On September 26, 2020, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (the “Company”) detected a ransomware incident impacting a limited portion of our internal ...
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Study: One-Size-Fits-All Approach for Returning Employees to Workplaces Won't Work

Featured News :
• 09/29/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers seeking to bring employees back to brick-and-mortar offices may want to consider the circumstances of their employee populations before opening their ...
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Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: Medical and Psychological Approaches

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 09/29/20
• Daniel LeGoff

A Physician’s Perspective The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, due to the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused a worldwide sudden and substantial ...
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Analysis Shows Over Half Of Spinal Surgeries To Receive Large Reimbursement Cuts

Featured News :
• 09/29/20
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – With the 2021 proposed reimbursement reductions announced last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to reduce the ...
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NJ Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Extending Public Health Emergency

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 09/29/20
• Jon L. Gelman

Governor Phil Murphy on Saturday signed Executive Order No. 186. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously ...
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