April 28th of each year marks Workers’ Memorial Day. This is “an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, [or] injured” on the job. This date was ...
Read More A recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division entitled Ill. Ins. Guar. Fund v. Cochran, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78452 (April 23, 2021) illuminates the ...
Read More Now that the workers’ comp industry can begin to fully analyze the impact of the pandemic and all of the ripples it has caused in the economy and workforce, we’re seeing many things we expected ...
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Strategic alignment: To ensure consistency in the initiatives implemented from the executive leadership to the operational level of the organization.
Does this exist in workers’ compensation?
Looking ...
Read More Quote: If your doctor’s last name is Google, you should get a second opinion.
System observations
In the workers compensation systems throughout the world, the first and most important ...
Read More Since announcing my retirement from PartnerSource at the end of March, I’ve been reflecting on what has been a wild and wonderful ride. As I enjoy memories from decades in this business and ...
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Two new Medicare Secondary Payer updates (a CMS User Guide update and interesting MSP decision out of Florida) were issued last week which are covered briefly below.
Update to CMS NGHP User Guide
On April ...
Read More Spiritual beliefs, faith and/or religious practices are important in the lives of many injured workers, yet claims administrators are often uncertain about whether, when, or how, to address these issues. ...
Read More Among specialty services, diagnostic imaging—such as an MRI, CT, or PET scan—is often the first critical step to assess the severity of an injury and develop a treatment plan for prompt recovery ...
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