Latest Data on WC Drug Spend, Opioids, Generics and PBM Ratings

• 07/15/21
• Joe Paduda

27 payers were kind enough to participate in this year’s Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation.  I’m working thru the data now…here are a few ...
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Nonprofit Risk Factors

• 07/15/21
• compnewsnetwork

Nonprofit organizations are known for helping those in need and giving back to their communities. A nonprofit serves the public by offering goods, services or a combination of the two to further a ...
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NJ Department of Health App Provides Consumers Access to Personal, Family COVID-19 Vaccination Record

• 07/15/21
• Jon L. Gelman

In an effort to expand consumer access to immunization records, a new app from the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) makes it easier for individuals and families vaccinated in the state to access their ...
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The Importance of Maintaining Records for Slip, Trip, and Fall Incidents

• 07/15/21
• Mary McGurn

It is common knowledge that STF claims are the most common in retail stores among customers but according to the CDC Slips, trips, and falls are the third most common type of lost-work ...
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Do I Get A Settlement? Illinois Workers Compensation Payments

• 07/14/21
• Mike Helfand

The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act provides for a bunch of benefits that have to be provided and one benefit that can be provided but doesn’t have to. In simpler terms, if you are hurt at ...
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NJ Enacts Legislation to Protect New Jersey Workers, Employers From Unlawful Misclassification

• 07/14/21
• Jon L. Gelman

Building on his commitment to making sure that workers and employers in New Jersey are treated fairly, Governor Phil Murphy today signed a four-bill legislative package furthering state efforts ...
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Practice of Law

• 07/14/21
• Judge David Langham

The practice of law, it is sometimes said, is not that difficult. Perhaps anyone could do it? My old friend Horace Middlemeir finds great humor in suggesting that "anyone can practice anything, that don't ...
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Stress vs. Depression vs. Anxiety – Similarities and Differences

• 07/13/21
• Chitra Goel

Stress vs. depression vs. anxiety — while we often assume that all these emotional states of mind are the same, there are some distinctive differences between them. Anxiety and depression are ...
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Live In Illinois, Work In Another State: How To Bring An IL Case

• 07/13/21
• Mike Helfand

Illinois workers’ compensation laws are some of the most worker friendly ones in the country and still fair to employers and insurance companies who make billions off of these cases every year.  ...
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