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Case Management Focus: Celebrating Nurses Week
Case Management Focus: Celebrating Nurses Week

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- This week is Nurses Week! I congratulate all the nurse case managers working in workers' compensation. As I have shared in the various articles I have written in Workercompenation.com, the nurse […]
Recent Study Suggests Physicians Want to Return to their Rural Roots
Recent Study Suggests Physicians Want to Return to their Rural Roots

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a recent Medscape report, more than 2 out of 5 physicians will be 65 within the next decade. Based on a survey from Elsevier Health, as many as 75 […]
Case Management Focus: Tips to Prevent Workplace Injuries, Illness
Case Management Focus: Tips to Prevent Workplace Injuries, Illness

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation) -- A goal of the worker's healthcare system is to prevent injuries and improve employees' health and wellness. In this post, I will talk about 12 tips case managers can use to […]
2 Recent Cases Question Increase Use of Advanced Practice Providers
2 Recent Cases Question Increase Use of Advanced Practice Providers

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Healthcare has seen an upward trend in the utilization of advanced practice providers (APPs) in effort to meet the need of treating patients. Some reports suggest that an APP can do […]
Recent Poll Indicates Access to Care may not be Improving
Recent Poll Indicates Access to Care may not be Improving

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Ease of access to healthcare is a factor in not only outcomes, but also whether or not an injured employee remains compliant as a patient. Ease of access and communication is […]
Attacks Against Healthcare Workers Prompt Calls for Safety Reform
Attacks Against Healthcare Workers Prompt Calls for Safety Reform

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompesation.com) – Further attacks on nurses and healthcare worker have prompted more calls for safety reforms to protect them. In Tennessee this month, a nurse was struck by a patient with a metal […]
Florida Businessman Sentenced in $48 Million DME Scheme
Florida Businessman Sentenced in $48 Million DME Scheme

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Florida businessman, Nagaindra Srivastav of Tampa, has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for his role in an international healthcare scheme involving more than $48 million in fraudulent payments […]