Expert Analysis

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Solutions  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   On December 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released “Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside (WCMSA) Fiscal Year Statistics 2023.” […]

Douglas Amend, Partner, Optimized Outcome Solutions. If you have responsibility for your company’s workers’ compensation budget, I think you will find value in this different perspective.  My experience speaking at numerous conventions suggests that “Employers/Payors […]

Author: Cameron Hannum, Pharm.D., Sr. Clinical Account Pharmacist, Enlyte Tobacco use and smoking has wide-ranging implications for health and overall individual wellbeing, including the ability to negatively impact medical treatment outcomes and wound healing processes. […]

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. "Our" system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly […]

Shawn DeaneGeneral Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Solutions  Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   On November 13, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a webinar on anticipated changes with respect to the potential […]

By Rick Wyche, ATP, C.E.A.C. Executive Director of Sales, Marketing & Business Development ATF Medical  Losing the ability to stand is one of the hardest adjustments a severely injured worker ever makes. Humans are designed to stand, taking […]

Disruptors. The promise of tomorrow for some, the end of the line for others.  Innovation has been the topic du jour at several recent workers’ compensation conventions.  As an innovator in a different way to […]

Visit Ritsema Law Kent Berends v. Town of Kiowa and Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing AgencyW.C. No. 5-162-468Compensability, Medical Benefits The respondents sought review of an order of Administrative Law Judge Tenreiro (ALJ) that determined the […]