Welcome to the Roundtable Roundup, the most active discussions, highlights and summary of all the action on the Workers Compensation Roundtable last week. We appreciate your thoughts, comments, and participation in the WC Roundtable. We look forward to featuring you!
The Agenda Is Available For The 24th annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo.
The just-released agenda for the 24th annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo reveals an event planned to provide strategies and practical solutions for work comp’s most pressing challenges.
Comment Highlights:
- It looks like another amazing agenda this year and I am looking forward to it!
Travelers, This Is Why People Hate Insurance Companies
Last January my wife was in a minor car accident. She and her father had just left his house and were on their way to St. Petersburg to visit her brother, who was in the hospital. While sitting at a red light, they were rear ended by a woman in a small truck. Neither my wife or her father were hurt. Damage to her vehicle appeared relatively minor. The rear bumper had a severe indentation, and the headrests in her car "deployed" by opening up in a clamshell fashion; a safety feature apparently designed to prevent whiplash in just such an incident. It was a safety system we didn't even know we had.
Comment Highlights:
- Great resolution! Lessons to be learned!
- I too am glad to hear that it was appropriately resolved without arbitration.
Injuries to Multiple Body Parts
What is the legal authority for the SCWCC finding someone permanently and totally disabled where there are two or more body parts injured or affected? South Carolina provides three methods to receive disability compensation: (1) total disability under § 42-9-10; (2) partial disability under § 42-9-20 (wage loss); and (3) scheduled disability under § 42-9-30. The first two methods are based on the economic model, while the third method conclusively relies upon the medical model with its presumption of lost earning capacity.
Comment highlights:
- A knee operated on multiple times along with back pain from the walking imbalance may fuel both injuries with a great deal of chronic pain.
1 in 4 Opioid Scripts Ends Up "Long Term"
The Mayo Clinic wanted to assess the risk factors associated with opioid use. They started by asking, "How many opioid prescriptions end up leading to long term use?" Turns out, 1 in 4. Specifically, the researchers found that 21% of first-time prescriptions led to use for 3-4 months and 6% of first-time scripts led to use longer than 4 months.
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