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Using Predictive Analysis to Identify Subrogation Potential of Your Workers Compensation Claims 

Workers' compensation adjusters are missing many subrogation opportunities.
 
Ethics of the Workplace Injury 
Basic change from an agrarian to industrial society magnifies workplace injury concept a thousand fold. 
 
Ten Ways to Help an Injured Employee 
Nearly all injured employees to return to work (and life). Help them out a little. 
 
Five Things to Consider When Selecting a Pharmacy Benefit Management Program 
How a Pharmacy Benefit Management helps reduce medical costs.

Is One-Arm Dusting Modified Duty Job Too Easy or Too Difficult
How Would You Decide:  Florida Worker's Refusal of "Sheltered Employment" Was Not Reasonable.

Conducting an Internal Audit Your WC Program Requires Objectivity
Audit your workers' compensation program FIRST before putting other services on line. 
 
No one Should Be Denied Employment Based on Genetic Discrimination Title II Genetics Information Nondiscrimination Act Prohibits Genetic discrimination in the workplace.  
 
How to Manage Workers Comp Program Pushback from Senior Management to Employees
A Procedure for Managing Pushback at the Organizational Level. 
 
Top Ways to Know Whether You Need an Advocate to Help You Communicate with Your TPA or Insurance Company
Claim Liaisons working either for a broker or TPA play a vital role in claims management.  
  
Woman Arrested on Suspicion of Workers Comp Fraud, Elder Abuse and Grand Theft
Sometimes, it's not ONLY a workers' comp claim fraud. It's other types of exposure as well.

Do You Know The ONE Thing An Employer Can Do to Drive Their Injured Employees Straight to An Attorney
Ignore your injured employee once an injury occurs at your peril.
 
How to Develop Safety and Loss Control Policies and Procedures
Safety Program Documentation/Injury & Illness Record Keeping.
 
Hospital Settles Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
For not obeying  the laws prohibiting disability discrimination this employer ended up with serious sanctions.
 
Workers Comp Advice by Robert Elliott: Does Every Industry Need a Post Injury Plan
Bob Elliott answers a common question posed by an employer. 
 
CANADA Family Sues Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans of Canada for $2.7 Million
Relatives of three dead Quebec sealers and the pair of lone survivors sue Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries.

CANADA Insurance Premium Rates Fall in Saskatchewan
Workers' Compensation Board Members Approve 1.8% Reduction in 2010 Average Premium Rate.
  
AUSTRALIA Initiative to Improve Occupational Health and Safety in Recycling Industry
Australia's WorkCover New South Wales waste and recycling initiatives improve occupational health and safety.
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