Properly Handling Mental Claims in Workers’ Compensation
Workers’ compensation injuries involving a mental injury are costly to defend and can be even more costly if found to be compensable. To be an…
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Adjuster Communication Is Critical When Denying Claim
Communication has always been the key aspect in dealing the claims. There is a direct correlation between a lack of communication and a claim outcome. …
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Utilize Different Return To Work Approach For Different Employees
During the course of business, employers will find that all employees are not the same. Speaking differently to each employee in order to get the…
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Travel Employees and Workers’ Comp Compensability Issues
Employees in the modern workforce are always on the go. This creates a number of issues for anyone on the claims management team when an…
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Mothers Teach Us to Master Workers’ Comp
Mothers teach us so much about the world and they’ve also given us a perfect roadmap to work comp management success. Hello, my name is…
What Is The Claim Handling Score At Your TPA?
Employers often wonder if they are getting quality claim handling on their workers’ compensation claims. At the same time, the third-party administrators (TPA) providing claim…
Convince Your Employer Of Return To Work Benefits
Return to work and transitional duty are not new concepts in workers’ compensation. Many companies are using transitional work programs to temporarily return injured employees…
RIMS Awards The Risk Manager Of The Year Honor To Kite Realty Group’s Theresa Severson
NEW YORK (May 3, 2023) — RIMS, the risk management society®, has announced Theresa Severson, Vice President – Insurance and Risk Management for Kite Realty Group, as the 2023 RIMS…
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Read Adjuster’s File Notes To Understand Your Work Comp Claim
To know what is occurring on your company’s workers’ compensation claims, read the adjuster’s file. Self-insured employers should include in their claims handling contract with…
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Calculate Your Workers Compensation Premium
All workers’ compensation insurance companies follow a very similar approach to calculating the cost of your next work comp premium. The formula used by the…
Grab Low Hanging WC Savings with Effective Post-Injury Response
There are many things members of the workers’ compensation claim team and other interested stakeholders can do to have a better post-injury response. Having the…
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7 Tips to Resolve Legacy Claim Files
Legacy Workers’ Compensation claims are cases that have been aging for months, years, or even decades. These claims are often difficult to resolve and earn…
10 Ways To Prevent Workers’ Comp Fraud
More and more cases are being publicized for successfully prosecuting workers’ compensation fraud. The more prominent cases are usually publicized due to their large monetary…
Chronic Pain: Handling Pain in the Butt Claims
Workers’ compensation claims that involving chronic pain issues can be the proverbial pain in the butt for the injured employee – and claim team. …
4 More Keys To A Healthier Workforce Through Wellness
As reported in yesterday’s blog “4 Keys to a Healthier Workforce”, comorbidities in your workforce add significant costs in workers’ compensation claims. While our New…
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4 Keys To A Healthier Workforce Through Wellness
Comorbidities may be costing you a bundle. There’s overwhelming research that shows employees with certain health conditions are more likely to get injured on the…
You Win If Your IME Doctor Shows Up At The Comp Board
Picking the correct doctor for your Independent Medical Examination (IME) can determine whether you win or lose your workers’ compensation case. This is based on…
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Medical Records Review: Reduce Costs and Promote Settlements
Stakeholders interested in reducing the money spent on workers’ compensation claims and driving them toward settlement should consider using medical record review processes. This function…
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Cocaine Bear and the Work Comp Intoxication Defense
The recent movie Cocaine Bear parodies an incident where a black bear in the wild ingested roughly 75 pounds of cocaine “lost” during the smuggling…
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Proper Ergonomics Are Good Fit To Reduce Workers Comp Costs
Employers and other interested stakeholders can take several proactive measures in their places of employment that directly impact their workers’ compensation programs. These measures directly…
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