Occupational Illnesses Have Been Around Since Pyramids
Occupational illness, also known as an occupational disease, is one of the least understood areas of workers compensation insurance. An occupational disease is any chronic ailment that develops as a...
View ArticleHow Long is Time Out of Work Medically Necessary for Workers Comp Injury
Have you ever wondered how long an employee’s medical treatment will continue after an injury occurs? It would be great if there was a medical guide stating, “If employee has X type of injury, the...
View ArticleCaring for Employees with Catastrophic Injuries
A very interesting viewpoint was recently presented to us. What happens to employees permanently disabled by an injury at work? Obviously, they are not candidates for a return-to-work program. That is...
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Comorbidity Run Amuck – Medical Conditions Make Work Comp Injuries More Costly
Comorbidity is the presence of two or more medical conditions in a person at the same time. When an employee with a prior medical problem has an on-the job injury, the cost of the medical care and the...
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Predicting Disability Using Medical Treatment Guidelines
The first question from most employers when an employee suffers an injury is: How long will he/she be off work? Estimating the length of time the employee will be off work is not a precise science,...
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Maximizing the Value of Onsite Health Services
NOTE: This article appeared in Utility Products magazine, which serves the utility industry — it is reprinted with permission. It details Medcor’s work onsite at wind farm construction projects....
View ArticlePhysical and Occupational Therapy Management Basics Explained
What is therapy management? Therapy management is a system aimed at controlling costs of physical medicine such as but not limited to physical and occupational therapy. An entity utilizing clinical...
View ArticleWhen to Expect Your Employee Back at Work
Employers want to know how long an employee will be off work following a workers compensation injury. There are a lot of factors that go into the answer including the nature and extent of the injury,...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About Permanent Partial Disabilities
Medical Provider Assesses Residual of Injury The objective of the medical providers in every workers’ compensation claim is to assist the injured employee to recover completely or to the greatest...
View ArticleCosts and Benefits of Integrated Disability Management
Protecting the Bottom Line and Increasing Productivity Integrated Disability Management (IDM) is a coordinated, consistent approach to an employer's disability benefits programs. It includes: ·...
View ArticleTemporary Total Disability Cap Major Development in Florida Workers’...
104 Week Cap of Temporary Total Disability Deemed Unconstitutional On 2-28-13, the First District Court of Appeals (DCA) ruled Florida’s 104 week cap on temporary total disability benefits to be...
View Article3 Types of Medical Exams Employers Have Not Heard Of
Employer Claim Handling Tools Not Available to Carrier Employers who are willing to make better use of claim tools already in existence around them can achieve precisely what they have been hoping,...
View ArticleHow Long is Time Out of Work Medically Necessary for Workers Comp Injury
Have you ever wondered how long an employee’s medical treatment will continue after an injury occurs? It would be great if there was a medical guide stating, “If employee has X type of injury, the...
View ArticleShould SSDI Approval Equal Work Comp Total Disability Approval in NY
A proposal is pending to make a Social Security approval of SSDI benefits proof of total disability under the NY work comp law. Presumably, it is believed that this will reduce needless duplication...
View ArticleIf Obesity Is A Disease – What Are The Work Comp Consequences?
The American Medical Association (AMA) has recently listed obesity as a medical condition, as opposed to it being a result of easting choices. Can that result affect work comp claims? Prior Medical...
View ArticleA New Opportunity in Workers Compensation For Trucking
In the first decades of the 20th Century, work comp was the only game in town for disabled workers. This was the time before unemployment benefits, Social Security disability, FLMA, ADA, etc. As the...
View ArticleLittle Used Federal Laws Give Employer Disability Management Control
Employers interact with employee disability through a number of laws. Until now, there has been little attention focused on how to coordinate statutory compliance to achieve better overall results....
View ArticleCosts and Benefits of Integrated Disability Management
Protecting the Bottom Line and Increasing Productivity Integrated Disability Management (IDM) is a coordinated, consistent approach to an employer’s disability benefits programs. It includes:...
View ArticleTemporary Total Disability Cap Major Development in Florida Workers’...
104 Week Cap of Temporary Total Disability Deemed Unconstitutional On 2-28-13, the First District Court of Appeals (DCA) ruled Florida’s 104 week cap on temporary total disability benefits to be...
View Article3 Types of Medical Exams Employers Have Not Heard Of
Employer Claim Handling Tools Not Available to Carrier Employers who are willing to make better use of claim tools already in existence around them can achieve precisely what they have been hoping,...
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