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5 Simple Things to Do When a Workers Compensation Injury Occurs
Here's What You Do When a Worker is Injured Even companies with the strongest safety programs will …
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Getting the Best Initial Care for Your Injured Workers
As an employer, you want your injured employees to get the best care available when they are …
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Online Risk Assessment Focuses on Workplace Hazards
A new online risk assessment in Great Britain will reportedly help cut back the time it takes to …
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Unions Want Transparency on Worker Exposure to Nanomaterials
The Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) recently adopted a second …
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Implementing a Clinically Driven Pharmacy Benefits Program
In speaking with Danielle Lisenbey, Chief Operating Officer of Broadspire's Medical …
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Employer Modified Machine That Severed Employees Fingers
A worker in a Great Britain factory, manufacturing lids for food containers, had four fingers …
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OSHA Looking at Occupational Noise Exposure Standards
OSHA is proposing to issue an interpretation of the term "feasible administrative or …
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Study Shows Lung Cancer Screening Reduces Deaths by 20%
The United Steelworkers (USW) recently issued an urgent call for a strategy meeting about …
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Predictive Modeling to Identify Cost Intensive Medical Providers
It’s easy to become trapped in assumptions. One such assumption is that predictive modeling …
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The Precertification Process of Utilization Review for Workers Compensation
One of the most important parts of medical management of a workers compensation claim is the …
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Confusion Over New York Work Compensation Guidelines: Medical Treatment and Disability Duration Settlement
Simultaneously, several sets of different guidelines are in various stages of enactment in the New …
Suicide Risks for Nurses in New Zealand Heightened
The suicide risk of New Zealand nurses, rather than doctors, has been highlighted by …
EU Trade Union Institute Finds Violation of India Tea Plantation Worker Rights
In early October, the International Union of Food workers (IUF) published the findings of research …
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ACOEM Has Guide of Best Doctors for Work-Related Injuries
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has released a guide to the …
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Misconduct of Employee General Irrelevance of Employee Fault
Larson’s Workers Compensation Law, Chapter 32, which repeats one of the axioms of …
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Immediate Claim Reporting Advantages
Gone are the days of mailing the Employer's First Report of an accident to the insurer's claims …
20 Things to Look for in a Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM)
The cost of drugs is the fastest growing component of medical care cost and often one of the most …
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Medical Billing and Coding — A Work Comp Cost Cutting Tool
Employers need every edge in reducing their costs of workers compensation, given our stagnant …
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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Workers Compensation Second Opinions
In approximately half the states, the employer determines the medical provider who will treat the …
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