Shantalia Osborne  As conversations about mental health become more open and widespread, workers’ compensation systems are grappling with claims that do not fit neatly into traditional, physically oriented models of injury. Nowhere is this tension more visible […]

Case File According to the Idaho Supreme Court, the state's Workers' Compensation Law did not authorize an employer to file a complaint for compensation or income benefits with the commission. Simply Research subscribers have access […]

Each year, businesses unknowingly lose millions of dollars to one of the most preventable causes of operational inefficiency: siloed systems. In the workers’ compensation industry, this issue is especially pronounced. Disconnected processes, legacy tools, and […]

Webinar Wrap Up Can subrogation pave the way for leadership development? According to a recent CLM webinar presented by Wilber's Cortney Helfrich, Sally Noma of the Noma Law Firm, and Arch's Jason Wright, developing better […]

Thought Leaders Mark Bertels is CorVel's Executive Vice President of Risk Managment. We were fortunate to borrow a little of Mark's time and get his insight on claims and quality claims handling. Q. How would […]

By Karen Thomas, Vice President, Clinical Solutions, CorVel  In our post-COVID world, mandatory masking is reminiscent of a bygone era. Yet, while we have removed our physical masks, many of us still wear invisible ones—obscuring […]

WCI 2025 The whole point of the Grand Bargain is to keep litigation to a minimum and take care of workers with job-related injuries, but anyone who's spent a little time in the industry has […]

Do You Know the Rule? General rule A mental injury or mental illness is compensable in Arkansas, but only if it is caused by physical injury to the employee’s body.  What are the specific requirements […]