Care Managers vs Cost Centers

• 04/19/21
• Joe Paduda

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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How Workers Comp Claims Pandemic Data Is Only 25% Correct

• 04/16/21
• James Moore

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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A Workers Comp Claim's Iceberg Effect

• 04/16/21
• Michael Stack

Workers in the claims profession and also on the employer side will often only think of claims as costs of wage loss and medical exposure. It is true that those costs are the ones on the surface. The injured ...
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Why Are You Using that Metric?

• 04/16/21
• Joe Paduda

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
• Mark Chung

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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Illinois Work Comp When You Own The Company

• 04/15/21
• Mike Helfand

The owner of the company is also an employee. Sometimes they are suits sitting in an office and other times they are in the thick of things with their workers. Inevitably, they will also get hurt, especially ...
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Near, Far, Wherever You Are

• 04/15/21
• The Way

LEAD STORY A number of workplace-related items are making waves this week. The indication from the White House that President Biden will nominate Doug Parker as the Assistant Secretary of Labor to ...
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COVID's Impact on Workers' Comp...Focus on the Facts

• 04/15/21
• Joe Paduda

Could COVID have a “very alarming potential outcome that could have a huge impact on workers’ comp” due to claims for neurological and psychiatric issues? That’s a concern raised ...
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GPS Surveillance Evidence

• 04/15/21
• Judge David Langham

A 2020 decision by the Florida First District Court reminds us of various realities in our modern world. Bailey v. State of Florida, No. 1D18-4514, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D2559 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020). The ...
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