Another WC Conference, More "Recycling"

• 08/28/12
• John D'Alusio

The old aphorism goes, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That saying is probably never more accurate than when attending a conference such as the annual FWCI gathering in ...
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The Elusive Qualities of Effective Leadership

• 08/09/12
• John D'Alusio

I have studied leadership for many years, in an attempt to intellectually understand what constitutes the essential qualities of an effective leader. Personal observation has also informed my quest to assay ...
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Part 2: Do the words we use to describe WC claims matter?

• 07/30/12
• Terry Bogyo

The basic terms we use in workers' compensation have meanings, associations and connotations whether we like them or not. I received a lot of questions and comments on my last post about terms such as ...
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Brokers and Agents Beware - WC is the Leader in E&O Claims

• 07/26/12
• John D'Alusio

WC is statutorily required in all states (except Texas, where an employer can opt out of the system and take their chances under common law when an employee is injured). So how can there be so many E&O ...
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Do the words we use to describe WC claims matter?

• 07/21/12
• Terry Bogyo

Workers' compensation is an extremely complex form of social insurance. Those who specialize in workers' compensation tend to adopt jargon as a kind of shorthand to express concepts to those in the ...
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Health is Wealth

• 07/21/12
• John D'Alusio

As I was preparing to write a blog for this website last week, I received unexpected and tragic personal news. My best friend had succumbed to complications from multiple myeloma (blood plasma cancer) after ...
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Health Information Management

• 06/28/12
• John D'Alusio

There has been major emphasis over the last decade in the WC industry, and indeed in healthcare in general, on hospitalizations, pharmaceutical spend, and diagnostic testing. Naturally, this has taken shape ...
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When did you last witness safety trumping other considerations?

• 06/25/12
• Terry Bogyo

In popular culture, the opening sentence of a bad novel begins with the cliché phrase, “It was a dark and stormy night…”. Returning late last week from Washington, DC and a NIOSH ...
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What does the research tell us about...?

• 06/20/12
• Terry Bogyo

Three times in the last week, I received calls or emails that contained a question that began, “What does the research tell us about…?” Each question related to a current issue in ...
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