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A WCEC Session Preview:
Live Surgery Event

It's lights, cameras, surgery at the 69th annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference. The Live Surgery session on August 19 allows the audience to view and interact in "real time" with Orlando Orthopaedic Center physicians while they perform surgery. Read More

SAIF FIres New CEO After 3 Months

SAIF Corp., Oregon's large not-for-profit, state-chartered workers' compensation insurance company, hired a former trial lawyer to be its new CEO. Three months later, it demanded he resign or be fired. He refused. They fired him after a raucous board meeting. Now he's hired a lawyer. Anyone surprised? Read More

Insurers Push Back Against Growing Cost of Cancer Treatments

Treatments for cancer cost more than $127 billion each year. That has made changing the way cancer care is paid for a top priority for insurers and employers. Read More

Real-life Heroes and Heroines
Wanted in Washington State

If you know a real-life hero or heroine who saved a life while on the job this past year, the Governor's Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board in Washington State would like to hear from you. Read More

Understanding Pain: Neuroremodeling After Injuries

When acute trauma or injury changes nerves along pain pathways in the central nervous system, the brain's perception of pain can be altered, and the stage can be set for chronic pain. Studies prove that certain interventions can reset nerve pathways and lessen or eliminate some chronic pain. Read More

It's Time to Settle in Ohio

The battle in Ohio over workers' compensation insurance premium overpayments continues. In a class action, 270,000 small businesses are suing the BWC and demanding their money back. And the suing businesses appear to be winning their case -- both in the real courts and the court of public opinion. It's time for BWC Administrator Steve Buehrer to get out the calculator and checkbook. Read More 

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WCI Briefs

We know you're busy. That's why we created WCI Briefs, a collection of workers' compensation and insurance news from across the nation and around the world. Each of these articles tells its story in 400 words or less. This issue highlights a number of business moves. Read More