THE WCI WEEKLY
Week of November 29 - December 5, 2015   
  
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Welcome to your weekly WCI Newsletter. We have selected the top stories that appeared on our website this week to help you stay up to date on what is happening in the world of workers' compensation and insurance. Enjoy.
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Work Comp for Lunch 'Break'?
David Wright was enjoying lunch in the employee lunchroom when the chair collapsed under him. The workers' compensation claim went smoothly. Then his pre-existing conditions entered the picture. Read More
Multi-Million Dollar Fraud in Southern California Hospitals
Officials have charged five people in long-running health care fraud schemes that illegally referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries and generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings over an eight-year period. Many of the fraudulent claims were paid by the California workers' compensation system and the federal government. Read More
What Does Racism Have to Do With Workers' Compensation?
Can a wobbly step ladder be racist? Does a malfunctioning machine know the race of the person working it? Of course not. Workplace situations such as these are equal-opportunity hazards. So why is race an issue for researchers? Read More
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An Overlooked Risk in Workers' Compensation
Stories of truck drivers or train engineers "asleep at the wheel" abound. However, sleep deprivation can be a problem in any industry, and a contributing cause for workplace accidents. Read More
WCI Briefs: 12.3.15
To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news from around the country, each in 400 words or less. Read More
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Zurich CEO Quits
Zurich Insurance's leadership was thrown into confusion after CEO Martin Senn quit, forcing a hurried hunt for an external replacement. Read More
New Mexican Caught in a Medical Marijuana 'Catch-420'
The Border Patrol forces a medical marijuana patient to break a law every time he passes a checkpoint, the man claims in federal court. He says that the only choice he has is whether to violate a state law or a federal one. Read More
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A Healthy Report in California
Despite naysayers of Medical Review and Medical Dispute Resolution programs, a California Workers' Compensation Institute analysis shows that about 96 percent of treatment services are approved and delivered to injured workers. Read More
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