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2012-07-24 DMEC at 20 On March 3, 1992, when five professional women met at the Princess Hotel in San Diego, they had on their minds practical concerns that clothed a vision. They were searching for best practices in managing employee disabilities. MORE 2012-06-01 Making a Case for Case Mgmt. Case management in workers' compensation flourished in the 1990s, and despite carping about overuse and cost, it remains a durable feature of the field. So it is gratifying to read the rare published study that carefully measures the effect of case management on work injury outcome. MORE 2012-05-01 A Season of Discontent? The weather these days in workers' compensation land is drab with patches of horrific hurricanes. Have a nice day! Are insurance rates going up for employers? MORE 2012-04-13 An NCCI Disruption The National Council for Compensation Insurance will modify its formula for calculating experience modifications, to take effect in January 2013. MORE 2012-03-01 The Wellness Boom Rapid change in employer health and wellness programs is afoot. For their advocates, change is not rapid enough. Many of us in the workers' compensation community are likely to at least indirectly encounter them. MORE 2012-02-21 Progress with Opioids Last year the air vibrated with alarms about patient-safety risks arising out of prescribed opioid use among injured workers. This was not news to medical directors of claims payers and some regulators who have been keenly aware of this problem for many years. MORE 2012-01-24 How Many Injured Workers Die from Opioids? Conventional claims operations have helped sweep the opioid issue under the rug. MORE 2011-12-01 Learning from History I devoted most of my columns in 2011 to finding useful lessons inside workers' comp's hundredth year. Hopefully, I'll be more clear-headed for it. Names of visionaries, past and present, emerged as I read about contributions by individuals, professions and governments to reduce injury risks. MORE 2011-11-01 Recalling the Crisis of 1991 The late 1980s and early 1990s saw an upheaval in workers' compensation with losses rising rapidly. In some states the private sector markets for workers' compensation insurance came close to collapsing. Legislative reforms and redirections in employer and claims payer practices ensued. Even today, the forces unleashed in those years are still making their impact known in our markets. MORE 2011-10-15 Assessing OSHA's Effectiveness In the presence of labor, business and Congressional leaders, President Richard Nixon signed into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act on Dec. 30, 1970. MORE 2011-10-01 Back Injuries Become Epidemic In the past 100 years, expansion of the concept of work injury or disease comes in surges that extend over roughly 15 to 20 years, mobilizing advocates among medicine, law and safety. A spotlight shines upon a troublesome health condition. New safety and medical interventions promise to ameliorate the problem. MORE 2011-09-15 Brief Life of Federal Standards Washington once turned a spotlight on the state workers' compensation systems. A fragile coalition pushed for extensive state reforms, with some success. Yet within a few years the coalition collapsed, bringing an early end to federal intervention. MORE
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