Finally, a Re-Review Process for Work Comp Medicare Set Asides, But Still No Formal Appeals Rights for Claimants and Employer/Carriers

• 07/21/17
• Rafael Gonzalez

Introduction The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has put together a mechanism to receive and evaluate future medical and future prescription drug ...
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Innovation in Work Comp - Part 2

• 07/21/17
• Joe Paduda

Yes, there is some “innovation” in workers’ comp – but none that’s “disruptive.” Not yet. And it’s because too many of ...
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Innovation in Workers' Comp Doesn't Exist

• 07/20/17
• Joe Paduda

REAL innovation in workers’ comp is rare indeed — which is completely understandable, and unfortunate indeed.  As the rest of the world embraces ...
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Let Posture Be Your Guide

• 07/20/17
• Maureen Graves Anderson

I took up a new sport, speed skating.  This is the short-track version where you wear long-bladed skates to speed around a hockey rink.  Think Apollo Ono and ...
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The Reality of the Biggest Myth Regarding Your Third Party Administrator

• 07/20/17
• ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

MYTH: The best way to reduce workers’ compensation costs is to change insurance companies or TPAs. REALITY: Wrong! The best way to reduce workers compensation costs is ...
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High Hazards, Gruesome Deaths; Farm Worker Safety Programs Facing Cuts

• 07/19/17
• Julie Ferguson

Farm work is dangerous work. Injuries and fatalities are gruesome — amputations, death by being caught in machinery or rolled over by tractors; drownings in manure ...
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Appellate Division Finds Employee Status, Not Casual Employee Or Independent Contractor Status

• 07/19/17
• John Geaney

Michael Savio was injured on a job site on June 1, 2006.  He stated that he worked for Matthew Giambri for four weeks on two job sites, pouring concrete on one ...
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Maximize Your Third Party Administrator (TPA) Relationship With A Vendor Day

• 07/19/17
• ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

If your company is a large organization with many locations and numerous open claims at each location, you may need to consider having several return-to-work (RTW) ...
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MSAs: A Second Bite at the Apple

• 07/18/17
• Michael R. Merlino II

CMS now permits some old MSAs to be re-approved Before this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had a simple philosophy: Parties get one bite ...
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