Notes From Florida Workers’ Compensation Summit (National Conversation) Released
By: Robert Wilson I will be the first to tell you that those of us engaged in coordinating the Workers’ Compensation Summit have been completely overwhelmed the past couple months. The Summit,...
View ArticleCT Supreme Court Grants Workers’ Compensation Carrier Right to File...
By: Gary L. Wickert Until recently, Connecticut’s Workers’ Compensation Subrogation Statute, § 31-293, labored under the judicial interpretation by which an employer was allowed to file a third-party...
View ArticleCyborgs and Workers’ Comp
By: Julie Ferguson We’re looking forward to the workers’ comp age of the cyborgs and it looks as though we are getting closer. Just in case you are sketchy on just what a cyborg is, here’s a refresher...
View ArticleHas the IWCC Gotten Even Slower in DWP’s?
Synopsis: Has One of the United States Slowest WC Systems Gotten Even Slower? Editor's comment: One constant complaint from every client, adjuster and risk manager across the globe about the IL WC...
View ArticleIL Supreme Court Blocks Amputation Claim Against Union Pacific
Editor's comment: The Illinois Supreme Court restored a ruling in favor of Union Pacific Railroad in a court fight with a worker, employed by a third-party contractor, whose legs were amputated...
View ArticleOctober is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
By: Sedgwick Connection October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time devoted to exploring disability employment issues and celebrating the many and varied contributions of...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Denies Workers’ Comp Petition in Florida
The United States Supreme Court DENIED the petition in the matter of Stahl v Hialeah raising constitutional issues in the present workers' compensation system in Florida. The Florida program mirrors...
View ArticleNew Subpoena & Copy Rules to Save Big Bucks
By: Christopher P. Stettler As part of our Large Loss\Catastrophic Division we subpoena and receive a lot of copy service records. Historically, there has been an abuse in the system by copy vendors...
View ArticleThe Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal Updates User Functionality
By: Lavonya Chapman Since the Commercial Repayment Center (CRC) became a non-group health plan (NGHP) recovery contractor, inconsistent information from the Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Retiring Insurance Executives
At the 2016 PCI Annual Meeting, a panel of retiring insurance executives discussed lessons learned over their careers. The panel included: Marguerite Tortorello – moderator Terrance Cavanaugh –...
View ArticleCan We Change the Culture of Comp with a Single Word?
By: Robert Wilson This will not be a new idea from me, but after proposing it at numerous presentations around the country over the last three years, I know it is an idea that bears repeating. It is a...
View ArticleHighlights from NCCI’s Workers’ Compensation 2016 Issues Report
By: Julie Ferguson “NCCI just released its Workers Compensation 2016 Issues Report: Fall Edition. It’s a robust 68-page edition, an important barometer of industry results and trends that we think...
View ArticleAddressing Problems with PTSD/Psych Claims in WC/Employment Law
Synopsis: Major Problems with Defending PTSD in Your Work Comp Claims in Illinois and Across the U.S. Editor’s comment: Earlier this year, I wrote a rather controversial article about the IL Appellate...
View ArticleNew LHWCA Penalties
By: Jim Egan Synopsis: For Longshore Claims Folks--U.S. Department of Labor Increases Penalties to Catch Up to Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Act of 1990, analysis by James Egan, J.D. Editor’s...
View ArticleAnti-Fraud Efforts in Cheeseland
By: Matt Ignoffo Synopsis: The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development strengthens and streamlines the ability to report WC fraud!!! News and analysis by Matt Ignoffo, J.D., MSCC. Editor’s...
View ArticleWill CMS Raise the Bar for Zero MSA Allocations?
By: Lavonya Chapman For many years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would approve a zero MSA allocation if the submission met the following criteria, along with supporting...
View ArticleWaivers Of Subrogation Endorsements Are Like Onions
By: Gary L. Wickert A recent Texas Court of Appeals decision parsing the wording of a workers’ compensation policy’s waiver of subrogation endorsement reminds us that, like an onion, a waiver...
View ArticleFour Benefits of Field Adjusting Services
By: Stuart Ryland CPCU In this age of connected technology and communication, it is easy to lose track of the benefits of onsite, in person claims adjusting and investigation. In the property claims...
View ArticleNew Report Reveals Medicare’s “Low-Dollar” Threshold Calculations
By: Mark Popolizio U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Sylvia Mathews Burwell released a new report to Congress that provides insight into the data the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
View ArticleThe Election’s Impact on Health Care: ACA, Workers Comp, Medicare
By: Julie Ferguson Joe Paduda posted a roundup of opinions on the results of last week’s election, with contributors sharing their thoughts on how the GOP’s sweep will affect health care, health...
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