Destination care, centers of excellence, medical tourism, benefit driven travel and geographically recognized care centers – mean what exactly? And if the concept is quickly growing in popularity ...
Read More Members of the claim management team face many challenges in handling their files in workers’ compensation claims. When an employee misses work, the team needs to make efforts to return that person to ...
Read More The LA Times’ Patrick McGreevy penned a piece on California’s State Fund – one that I contend is highly misleading.
McGreevy – and his editors – did their readers a ...
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A great many years ago, a lawyer named Louis Brandeis wrote:
“Recent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step which must be taken for the protection of the person, and for ...
Read More Some Illinois work comp attorneys will say anything in order to get a client to hire them. There’s one that tells you the value of your case right away even though they are making it up and say ...
Read More If the insurance industry – and your organization – is going to a) make real progress and b) survive the next hard market its/your leaders must reward those who take risks – not fire ...
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Maryland - Last week, the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission released a new opinion upholding a patient’s right to use a pharmacy of their choice. The issue, raised by insurers in the ...
Read More Hearsay is a legal maxim that challenges even the best trial attorneys from time to time. The general prohibition on, and definition of, hearsay are in Better Understanding the Hearsay Rule from ...
Read More Membership in the AWCO offers a number of professional and social opportunities annually to interact with other workers' compensation professionals. The highlight of the year is the annual AWCO Spring ...
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