Most Casual and Work Winter Boots Don’t Stand up to Icy Surfaces November 29, 2016 A team of researchers from the iDAPT labs at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network have developed evidence-based ratings on footwear...
Decline in ER Visits, Claims Costs Spurs EMPLOYERS to Expand Nurse Triage Hotline November 28, 2016 By Denise Johnson Reductions in emergency room visits and total claim costs prompted EMPLOYERS, a small business insurance specialist, to expand its Injured...
Kentucky Governor Gets Okay to Appoint Workers’ Comp Judges November 28, 2016 A Kentucky judge has cleared the way for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin to appoint six administrative law judges to help...
How Data Analytics Helps to Control Workers’ Comp Claims and Costs November 23, 2016 By Denise Johnson Several challenges unique to workers’ compensation claims highlight the benefits of a robust data analytics system, according to a panel...
Cycle Time Is King November 21, 2016 By Dr. Laura Gardner, VP, Products, CLARA Analytics Workers’ compensation is essentially a collection of interrelated actions taken by the employer, payer, provider and injured worker in the...
Arkansas, Louisiana, and West Virginia Have Highest Rates of Workplace Deaths in Southeastern U.S. November 15, 2016 According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), researchers found that one U.S. region with a particularly...
Top 10 OSHA Citations of 2016 November 14, 2016 Last month, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a list of the 10 most frequently cited...
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...
Fraud News Around the Nation November 7, 2016 Insurer Accuses Tennessee Recording Studio of Fraud After Fire An insurance company that paid more than $2.8 million in claims...
The Exceptions to the Rule: Understanding The Dual Capacity Doctrine November 3, 2016 By Gary Wickert The Exclusive Remedy Rule is neither exclusive nor a remedy. What began as a cornerstone of the social insurance experiment...