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Find Solutions & Strategies July 30, 2012 |
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 Blueprint for HIPAA & ADA Compliant Wellness Programs
Employer-sponsored outcomes-based wellness programs can reduce workers' comp costs | |
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wellness & workers' comp costs | |
Blueprint for HIPAA and ADA Compliant Wellness Programs: Encouraging Good Health Reduces Workers' Compensation Expenses, by John Stahl, Esq. The article "Guidance for a Reasonably Designed, Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program Using Outcomes-Based Incentives" in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine demonstrates how employer-sponsored outcomes-based wellness programs (wellness programs) reduce workers' compensation and other employment-related healthcare costs. Read more. |
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Larson's spotlight: bad faith | |
Court Dismisses Injured Worker's Tort Action Against Carrier for Five-Month Delay in Medical Benefits, by Thomas A. Robinson. A Texas appellate court recently affirmed the dismissal of a tort claim filed against a workers' compensation carrier, another defendant (Southwest) that had provided administrative services, and a physician alleging that the trio were liable for damages under common-law bad faith, statutory bad faith, and fraud theories associated with the carrier's delay of five months in paying benefits to the plaintiff-worker. Read more about this case and other cases involving incarceration, borrowing employer, and causation of injury. |
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workers' comp, texas style | |
  Workers' Comp, Texas Style: A Highly Regulated System in a Pro-Business State, by Stuart D. Colburn and Albert Betts, Jr. Cotton, cattle and oil were the primary economic engines when Texas first adopted workers' compensation. In the 100+ years since, the economy and workers' compensation laws have changed dramatically. The shift from an agricultural to a manufacturing and then to an information based economy changes the frequency and type of injuries sustained at work. Health insurance, Medicare/Medicaid, and disability insurance alter the landscape of both a social safety net for employees and higher costs for employers. Read more.
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richard m. jacobsmeyer to speak at national workers' comp conference | |
LexisNexis has partnered with the National Workers' Compensation Conference to create an enhanced legal  track for attorneys and other workers' comp professionals. LexisNexis author Richard M. Jacobsmeyer will be speaking on Medical Treatment Issues: A Comparison of Jurisdictional Differences. View the program agenda. Overall, there are 15 members of the Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board speaking at this event. You don't want to miss this conference! Take advantage of the special discount for all LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community members. Community membership is free at our site. |
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| blogs at the lexisnexis workers' comp law community |
 Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter: School Custodian Sells Houses While On Disability, by LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community Staff. Read it.
 Can't Buy Me Love: Appellate Attorney's Fee Claim Whittled Down by Delaware Court, by Cassandra Roberts, Esq. Read it.
Brain Teaser: A New Take on Head Trauma and Related Impairment in Delaware, by Cassandra Roberts, Esq. Read it.
 Kentucky Workers' Comp Board Opinions for July 2012, by Marcus Roland, Esq. Read it.
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