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‘Mailbox Rule’ doesn’t Save Conn. Employer from Filing Deadline
‘Mailbox Rule’ doesn’t Save Conn. Employer from Filing Deadline

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Sometimes when something has to be "filed" by a certain date, the law will say that dropping it in the mail is good enough to meet the deadline. However, as a […]
What Do You Think: Did PTSD from Bodily Fluids Render Hospital Employee Permanently Unable to Work?
What Do You Think: Did PTSD from Bodily Fluids Render Hospital Employee Permanently Unable to Work?

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Louisiana, an employee has the burden of showing that he can no longer work and is thus entitled to permanent total disability benefits. A case involving an employee for the […]
Case Management Focus: Setting Realistic Expectations in a Challenging Healthcare System
Case Management Focus: Setting Realistic Expectations in a Challenging Healthcare System

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of the most important things nurse case managers can do when working with injured workers and their families is to help them set realistic expectations of the healthcare system. Before […]
Climate & Comp: DeSantis Signs Bill Prohibiting Cities from Enacting Workplace Heat Protections
Climate & Comp: DeSantis Signs Bill Prohibiting Cities from Enacting Workplace Heat Protections

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – On April 18, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that would prohibit municipalities in that state from implementing strict workplace heat protections. The law, H.B. 433, will prevent local governments from […]
Recent Study Suggests AI Could Improve Risk Adjustment Payment Accuracy 
Recent Study Suggests AI Could Improve Risk Adjustment Payment Accuracy 

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Value based care and alternative payment models have been quite the experiment for healthcare the last few years. Used primarily by commercial, federal and state payers, payments using diagnosis-based risk adjustments […]
Case Lesson: When is a Denial Based on an IME in Oregon?
Case Lesson: When is a Denial Based on an IME in Oregon?

Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For readers fortunate enough to have access to Simply Research, a case popped up on that site last week that has important information on how IMEs work in Oregon. The case, […]
Glossary Check: Texas ‘Accident Prevention’ Facilities in Texas
Glossary Check: Texas ‘Accident Prevention’ Facilities in Texas

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Those who checked out last week's Compliance Corner on accident prevent requires in Texas learned that insurance companies writing workers' compensation insurance in the Lone Star State must maintain or provide […]
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What does it take for a worker in Minnesota to establish that she experienced PTSD because of her job? That was the question the state's top court faced in Tea v. […]

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