On September 4, 2020, the United States Court of Appeal for the 11th Circuit published its opinion on MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC, v. ACE American Insurance Company, concluding that several insurance ...
Read More 1. Educate. Start with the proposition that all injured workers are hurt, scared, and broke. Recognize this as a player in the w/c system, whatever ...
Read More Workers’ compensation began as a system for injured workers in the early 1900s. In order to receive workers’ compensation benefits, an injured employee must only establish that their injury arose ...
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As 2020 opened, a persistent and tragic opioid overdose epidemic was near the front of a list of national concerns in the U.S. Some 20+ million Americans are reported to have a substance use disorder and 2 ...
Read More I have the privilege of being on a panel with Lisa Anne Bickford (Director of Government Relations, Coventry) and Don Lipsy (AVP, Managed Care Government Relations, Sedgwick) at the National Workers’ ...
Read More The Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group (WCREG) has released the 2020 Workers’ Compensation Network Report Card results. The report can be viewed here.
WCREG is required by ...
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Anyone who has been involved in workers’ compensation claims and Medicare Set Asides (MSAs) is likely familiar with the Patel Memo. The Patel Memo is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
Read More As the overall population of the United States continues to age, so too does the workforce. As of June 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the median age in the United States increased to 38.2 years ...
Read More Virtual meetings have become essential as millions of professionals have settled into work-from-home routines. Since the first few weeks of the pandemic, it is estimated that people spent more than 5.5 ...
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