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CA DWC Posts Supplemental Adjustment to OMFS for Pathology and Clinical Laboratory

• 04/19/21

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an order on March 30, 2021, adjusting the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official ...
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Difficulties in Understanding Violent, Spree Events

• 04/19/21

Violent, spree events are generally used to describe a person (or persons) committing violent events at multiple locations with no cooling-off period in-between. These can be highlighted in cases of arson ...
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CMS Releases Updated Section 111 Model Language Document

• 04/19/21

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released an updated Section 111 Model Language document dated March 10, 2021 (PDF version) for RREs to use as part of their efforts to obtain ...
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Cal/OSHA Chief Receives Nomination to Head Federal OSHA, and More

• 04/19/21

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) President Biden nominates Doug Parker to lead OSHA This month, President Biden nominated Doug Parker to be the new head of OSHA. Parker is currently ...
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Care Managers vs Cost Centers

• 04/19/21

All “discounts” are not bad. Unfortunately in comments on and emails regarding an earlier post a few folks jumped to the opposite conclusion. Let me explain. There are two ...
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4 Lessons Learned from a Career in Texas Injury Benefits

• 04/19/21

Since announcing my retirement from PartnerSource at the end of March, I’ve been reflecting on what has been a wild and wonderful ride. As I enjoy memories from decades in this business and ...
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How Workers Comp Claims Pandemic Data Is Only 25% Correct

• 04/16/21

Workers Comp Claims Pandemic Data – Running With 1/4 In The Tank I recently brought this up in a Zoom(r) meeting. A potential client wanted me to assist in building a Workers Comp claims pandemic ...
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Why Are You Using that Metric?

• 04/16/21

I’ve had several conversations with claims and managed care folks over the last few months about measuring performance, outcome metrics vs process metrics, and the challenges of data collection, ...
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The Elements of Distraction

• 04/16/21

Our lives may be complicated, but safe driving is simple. We all know distraction behind the wheel is a safety hazard. We see it every day. On a typical day, more than 700 people are injured in distracted ...
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