Some Companies Repeat Mistakes: VERMONT Worker Demoted Following Workplace Injury
It's ALL About the $$$$$$$$$$$! Would common sense make you think if an employer ended up paying $62,000 for discrimination against its employees, it would never discriminate again? Well,...
Scoring Your Workers Comp Management Practices What Is the Goal
What Is the Goal? Successful work comp administrators know the GOAL is to reduce costs of the company's workers' compensation program while still taking good care of workers injured in...
How to Tell If You Need a Nurse Case Manager for Your Workers Compensation Claim Nurse case managers (NCMs) coordinate medical care and determine extent of disability. However, there are times when the NCM doesn't serve a specific purpose and is assigned to the claim to...
You Have Video Proof of Workers Comp Fraud - Now What Should You Do
Stopping Fraud with Video Proof 6 Action Steps to Use When Contacting the Physician When an employee makes a work-related injury that limits his/her ability to work, it's time for...
The Positional Risk Test: Does Doctor Have Foot and Ankle Injury From Wearing Tight Shoes
How Would You Decide: Ulcerous Ankle Positional Risk? Here's what Tom Robinson, J.D., writer for Lexis Nexis Workers Comp Law Center reports. District of Columbia Anesthesiologist's...
A Nurse Case Manager Defines Nurse Case Management and Describes Types of Nurse Case Management
What Exactly Is Case Management Anyway? Case management is defined as the collaborative process of assessment planning, facilitation and advocacy for options and services to meet an...
CANADA British Columbia Offers Training for a Safer Healthier Workplace
Canadian Officials Meet to Better Protect Workers Almost 300 delegates from municipalities, school boards and other public sector organizations across British Columbia and Canada met to...
Keep Workers Comp Management Presentations to 30 Minutes
When working with management, make your presentations SHORT - 20-30 minutes maximum. Remember senior managers are busy and don't like to sit through long presentations. 20 minutes is ideal, and...
EEOC Report on Discrimination Indicates Small Increases in Filings Against Federal Agencies
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released the Annual Report on the Federal Work Force for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, showing small increases in discrimination complaint...
CALIFORNIA Statistics on How Pharmaceuticals Affect Workers Comp Cost Here is a synopsis of "Changes in Pharmaceutical Utilization and Reimbursement in the California Workers' Compensation System," available at http://www.cwci.org/ Rising RX &...
CALIFORNIA How Pharmaceuticals Affect Workers Comp Cost Continuation of a synopsis of "Changes in Pharmaceutical Utilization and Reimbursement in the California Workers' Compensation System," available at http://www.cwci.org/ The Role...
CALIFORNIA How Pharmaceuticals Affect Workers Comp Cost Reform and Rising Costs
Final Part of a synopsis of "Changes in Pharmaceutical Utilization and Reimbursement in the California Workers' Compensation System," available at http://www.cwci.org/ Regulatory...
