Home for the Holidays

• 12/03/20
• The Way

WE’RE NOT LANDING IN CHICAGO Six bucks says we are. The Transportation Safety Administration estimated 6.8 million travelers passed through screening checkpoints in U.S. airports leading up ...
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COVID and Workers' Comp...Where Are We?

• 12/03/20
• Joe Paduda

It’s time to dig back into how and where COVID is affecting workers comp. As this is very much a state-specific situation, we first need to understand what’s happening around the ...
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The Risks Facing Artisan Contractors

• 12/03/20
• Policywire by AmTrust

As defined, a duty to warn is a concept that arises in the law of torts in several circumstances, indicating that a party will be held liable for bodily injuries and/or property damage caused to ...
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Strong Networks + Solid Care Model Provide Pathways to Address Mental-health Challenges

• 12/02/20
• Kate Farley-Agee

Mental-health challenges present numerous hurdles for injured workers even in “normal” times. Now, because of the extraordinary fallout from the pandemic, it’s imperative to ensure that ...
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CMS Retains its $750 "Low Dollar" Threshold for 2021

• 12/02/20
• Mark Popolizio

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2021 low dollar threshold via a new alert. CMS is required to publish an annual low dollar threshold amount according to Section 202 ...
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Former Head of OSHA to Join Biden-Harris Transition Team

• 12/02/20
• Jon L. Gelman

Workforce health continues to be focus of concern by the Biden-Harris Transition team. President-elect Joe Biden announced new members of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.  The team of leading ...
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Board Modifies Rating to Reject Non-Work-Related Condition

• 12/02/20
• Jane Salem

A trial court can’t award permanent partial disability benefits for an impairment rating where part of that rating is attributable to a non-work-related condition. So held the Appeals Board last week, ...
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Litigation of COVID-19 Update November

• 12/01/20
• Judge David Langham

The litigation environment for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 in Florida has not evolved much recently. The latest litigation statistics from mid-November 2020 do not reflect a significant volume of such claims are ...
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November CMS Mandatory Reporting and Conditional Payment Updates

• 12/01/20
• Daniel Anders

 Please find below a summary of recent announcements from CMS. Medicare Conditional Payment Appeals   In follow-up to its September 2020 webinar on Medicare conditional payment appeals through the ...
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