Memphis,TN ( WorkersCompensation.com) - Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced its vision for corporate responsibility and shared the company’s continued advancements in environmental, social and governance (ESG) […]

Houston,TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Jan. 26, 2022, a 21-year-old roofing worker suffered fatal injuries after falling about 30 feet through a skylight atop a Houston building, a fatality that a Burleson contractor could have been […]

Washington,DC WorkersCompensation.com) – As Independence Day approaches, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to be vigilant and protect workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying and […]

San Franscisco,CA(WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Pathology and Clinical Laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to relevant 2022 changes in the […]

Washington,DC (WorkCompAcademy) - Under the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) law, first enacted in 1980 and updated many times since then, Medicare may not pay claims when another payment is available or reasonably expected to be […]

The right to self-representation has been part of American jurisprudence since the beginnings of our nation. Indeed, the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided that “in all the courts of the United States, the parties may […]

In a major Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance development, the Repair Abuses of MSP Payments (RAMP Act) was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on June 14th as H.R. 8063 by Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL) and […]

Indianapolis, IN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer does not have to change a job’s essential functions to accommodate an employee with a disability.  As a former firefighter’s lawsuit against his fire department illustrates, regular attendance is […]