Study Shows Poorer Recovery Among Injured Workers with Psychosocial Risk Factors April 2, 2024 Workers’ compensation patients had a higher prevalence of psychosocial risk factors than private insurance patients, and a stronger association between...
Report: Four-in-10 California Workers’ Comp Claims from Workers with Less Than a Year of Tenure April 1, 2024 Roughly four-in-10 workers’ compensation claims come from workers with less than one year of tenure, a new report from the...
New Jersey Expands Workers’ Compensation for First Responders January 24, 2024 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed into law a change in workers’ compensation coverage for volunteer and professional public...
Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court December 22, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals...
Home Modifications Required by Pa. Work Comp Law Do Not Include a New Home August 4, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation law authorizes modifications to a home to accommodate an injured employee’s needs. It also may require paying...
Research Finds No Improvement in Worker Outcomes When Medical Prices Increase May 24, 2019 By Jim Sams When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care...
Hawaii Panda Express Worker Sustains Burns After Explosion November 8, 2018 An employee at a Hawaii Panda Express was taken to the hospital for burn injuries following a suspected gas explosion...
Five Best Practices to Ensure the Injured Worker Comes First November 9, 2016 By Dr. Laura Gardner, vice president, Products, CLARA Analytics Putting the injured worker first is key to the “advocacy-based claims model,” which puts the worker at the center of...
New Mexico Court Okays Medical Marijuana for Injured Worker May 21, 2014 The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a worker’s employer and its insurer must pay for medical marijuana...
NFL Settles Injured Stadium Worker Lawsuit March 20, 2014 The NFL says it has settled a lawsuit with a worker injured by ice and snow that fell from the...