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Rather than shifting more health care costs to employees or focusing on a limited set of disease-specific strategies, taking a population health management tactic may result in better outcomes and a better bottom line.

Employers can take a better and more effective health management approach by focusing on total workforce and total population health management rather than on a limited set of strategies for specific diseases, says Thomas Parry, president of Integrated Benefits Institute.

Professional football players face an increased risk of dying from neurodegenerative disease, suggests a new study. While the study was limited to former NFL players, it could raise concerns about the dangers of athletes and others who suffer repeated concussions.

Chronic pain, disability mind-set, and the upcoming ex-mod change are among the topics for breakout sessions at the National Worker's Compensation and Disability ConferenceŽ and Expo.

In Louisiana, a person injured while performing services arising out of and incidental to her own employment in the course of her own trade, business, or occupation should seek benefits from her own workers' compensation provider.

The Department of Labor and Industries proposed amendments to rules regarding the health care provider network.

The Food and Drug Administration-approved indication for nearly all opioids is for moderate to severe pain. A label change by the FDA would end the implication that the drugs are safe and effective for long-term use, according to a physicians' organization targeting opioid overprescribing.

Drugmakers would be prohibited from promoting opioids for continuous long-term use for non-cancer pain under a proposed label change.

Fewer medical services were provided to workers with low back injuries after the implementation of medical treatment guidelines in Texas in 2007. The Workers Compensation Research Institute also reports evidence of increases and decreases in medical utilization for injured workers with neck and upper back, shoulder, and knee injuries.

In Kansas, evidence that pain from a preexisting condition exists independent of a work-related injury does not support compensation for an aggravation of the preexisting condition.

In New Jersey, to establish a compensable psychiatric claim, a worker must prove that her disability resulted from objectively verified work-related stress.

In South Dakota, the opinion of an examining physician should be given substantial weight when compared to the opinion of a doctor who only reviewed the worker's medical records.

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold most aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 led to a flurry of online discussions and opinions.

More than 60,000 people have begun receiving medical and other benefits as a result of illnesses connected to the World Trade Center cleanup. That's among the achievements cited by a government official in July.

Pain management, medical networks, and unnecessary treatments are among the issues targeted in the Health/Medical Management track.

"There will be Medicare set-asides in liability cases," predicts a legal expert on the subject. James Pocius' comment followed the release of a proposed rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Cleaning products, latex, and indoor air pollution are among the agents that pose risks to health care workers. Employees in the nation's largest industry face an elevated risk of work-related asthma.

In New Mexico, a worker's injury arises out of his employment if the injury was caused by a peculiar or increased risk to which the worker was subjected by his employment.

The Office of Workers' Compensation updated regulations regarding the health care payment system.

Construction and other workers who developed cancer after participating in the cleanup of the World Trade Center attacks may be eligible for federal monies. A proposal is being considered to add more than 50 cancers to the list of covered illnesses despite questions about the evidence connecting the cancers to the 9/11 exposures.