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Summary: No organization, no matter the size, is immune from a cyber attack. Learn the six trending cybersecurity issues that could wreak havoc on a business and find out how to prevent them. Every employer faces […]

In 2022, conversations about mental health in the workplace have become more common than ever.  After two years of living and working through a pandemic, today’s workers are facing tremendous amounts of stress owing not […]

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The Petitioner for a Writ of Certiorari conference was denied today.  Musta v. Mendota […]

Everyone agrees that workers’ compensation is too complicated.  But one aspect of it rises above others on the complicated scale – permanent partial disability benefits.        The difficulty of finding the right balance for permanent partial […]

We have spent two years challenged by the latest coronavirus. It has been a reminder of viral infection leaping from other species, See The 1918 Flu in the News (April 2022). In fact, Nature claims scientists are now studying […]

At the California Coalition of Workers’ Compensation Conference in Anaheim a couple of weeks back, one of the presenters made a comment that resonated with me. The topic was related to innovative claims management practices […]

In addition to my focus on work comp medical management I’m deeply involved in governmental programs (Medicare/Medicaid/dual eligibles) and related businesses. Here’s a few things work comp would do well to understand/explore/pursue. Auto-adjudication of medical […]

The workers’ compensation system nationally has been challenged over the last two plus years of the COVID Pandemic. The multi-state administered workers’ compensation program is based on a litigious patchwork of state programs with varying degrees of eligibility, […]