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Leadership Link: Unleashing the Power of Vulnerability — A Game-Changer for Leadership Success
Leadership Link: Unleashing the Power of Vulnerability — A Game-Changer for Leadership Success

By Dr. Claire Muselman & Kai Harrington Is it time for leaders to embrace vulnerability? The answer is a resounding YES! In 2023, vulnerability in leadership is often overlooked, overshadowed by metrics, data, and compliance. […]
The Ten Best And Ten Worst States For Subrogating 
The Ten Best And Ten Worst States For Subrogating 

Workers’ Compensation in 2023  By Gary L. Wickert  It has been seven years since we first published our rankings of the ten best and ten worst states for workers’ compensation subrogation. Since then, case decisions […]
The Importance of Transportation Services for Injured Employees
The Importance of Transportation Services for Injured Employees

By Donita Stacker, Sr. Manager, Operations, Apricus, an Enlyte company The importance of transportation in health care outcomes—sometimes an overlooked factor—plays a pivotal role in access to needed health care services. One review found that […]
Delaware—Employer/Workers Compensation Carrier Right to Assert a Subrogation Lien
Delaware—Employer/Workers Compensation Carrier Right to Assert a Subrogation Lien

On September 1, 2023, the Supreme Court of Delaware, in Horizon Services, Inc. v. Henry, reversed its previous precedent and held that the state’s workers compensation (WC) law allows an employer/carrier (E/C) to assert a subrogation lien […]
The Battle To Bring Workers Back Into The Office: What’s The Right Approach?
The Battle To Bring Workers Back Into The Office: What’s The Right Approach?

By Jesse Meschuk, Senior Advisor, Exequity Each week, the number of organizations announcing their return to the office grows. Zoom, the company whose technology helped drive the remote work movement during the pandemic, recently announced its employees would […]
Monitoring vs. Mentoring or a Perfect Marriage?
Monitoring vs. Mentoring or a Perfect Marriage?

These two words capture two distinct understandings of how to reduce Workers’ Compensation claims costs. The current hot topic of “patient engagement” has a lot to do with monitoring technology with the emergence of wearables […]
Which Workers’ Compensation ‘Benefits’ Can Be Subrogated? 
Which Workers’ Compensation ‘Benefits’ Can Be Subrogated? 

Recovery of Case Management Costs, Medical Bill Audit fees, Rehabilitation Benefits, Utilization Review Costs, IME’s, Nurse Case Worker Fees, Attorneys’ Fees, and Other “Allocated” Loss Adjustment Expenses.  By Gary L. Wickert, Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, […]
Getting In the Game
Getting In the Game

The 2023 WCI Convention in Orlando was very much about the future of workers’ comp. The celebrity keynote by Bill Walton was the follow-up on an exploration of AI and other tools that are likely […]

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