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Recent John Hopkins Study Shows Quality Reporting Cost of Over $5 Million in One Year
Recent John Hopkins Study Shows Quality Reporting Cost of Over $5 Million in One Year

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Administrative tasks and reporting are taking up a bigger portion of healthcare expenditures. According to a 2018 study, researchers estimated the costs of billing and insurance-related duties at around 3 to […]
Do You Know the Rule? S.C. ‘Travel Compensation’ Exception to ‘Coming and Going’ Rule
Do You Know the Rule? S.C. ‘Travel Compensation’ Exception to ‘Coming and Going’ Rule

Columbia, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In South Carolina, as in other states, employees are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits with respect to injuries that occur within the scope of their employment. Under the “coming and going […]
Recent Survey Provides Insight on Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Recent Survey Provides Insight on Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 79-year old former family physician has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after a plea deal on sexual assault charges for assaults that occurred in 2018 and 2019. Richard […]
Debt Ceiling Fiasco Prompts Workers To Seek Higher Miminum Wage
Debt Ceiling Fiasco Prompts Workers To Seek Higher Miminum Wage

Washington, DC (Workers'Compensation.com) -- As politicians in Washington, D.C. continue pursuing their polarizing agendas, American workers are demanding higher minimum wages to cope with rising food, energy and housing costs. In Pittsburgh, county and hospital […]
Overcoming Adversity to Make a Difference in Patient Care: A Post-Webinar Analysis
Overcoming Adversity to Make a Difference in Patient Care: A Post-Webinar Analysis

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Recently, claims and healthcare professionals from diverse fields nationwide tuned into a compelling and informative webinar, "Overcoming Adversity to Make a Difference in Patient Care." The virtual presentation, featuring a distinguished […]
Baton Rouge Popeye’s Worker Shot During Fight with Co-worker
Baton Rouge Popeye’s Worker Shot During Fight with Co-worker

Baton Rouge, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Police said a fight between co-workers ended in a shooting in Baton Rouge, La., one of several employee shootings over the past two weeks. Officials said two employees were working […]
Case Management Focus: Using Your Voice to Effect Change
Case Management Focus: Using Your Voice to Effect Change

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of my mentors once told me, “Anne, if you have a complaint, please come to me - but also bring a solution." This statement has stayed with me over the […]
N.Y. Iron Worker’s Doctors Showed his Fall Exacerbated Existing Injury
N.Y. Iron Worker’s Doctors Showed his Fall Exacerbated Existing Injury

Flushing, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – If an employer believes that an accident that occurred at work was not the cause of a worker’s claimed injury, it’s vital for the company to challenge the worker’s medical testimony […]

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