|
|||
|
|
| Peter Rousmaniere | ||||||||||||||
|
Columnist
|
||||||||||||||
|
2010-10-15 Lumbar Fusion Surgery Chronic pain continues to bedevil injured workers, their doctors and claims payers. MORE 2010-10-01 The Opt-out Option in Texas For many years, Texas has allowed employers to opt out of the no-fault workers' comp system. What has that meant to them? MORE 2010-09-15 Binding Insurers With Doctors The workers' compensation claims community is slowly, haltingly, trying to mend its relationship with doctors and other medical providers. MORE 2010-09-01 Close Second Injury Funds The second injury fund in workers' compensation is a once politically popular idea that turned into one of the most misshapen features of the workers' compensation system. MORE 2010-08-01 The Skewing of Risk I recently came upon a trove of injury data that leads me to think in a new way about worksite safety programs. MORE 2010-07-01 Federalize for Occupational Disease For occupational illness--such as what will happen to workers in the BP oil-spill cleanup--the workers' comp system doesn't work. Federalization is the solution. MORE 2010-06-01 A Tunnel of Errors Hazel's treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome was a festival of misadventure. MORE 2010-05-01 A Most Compelling Study The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp. had the vision some time ago to ally itself with a team of medical practitioners and researchers affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. MORE 2010-04-01 In Favor of Drug Testing Jim applies for a local delivery job. The company sends him for a urine drug test. Negative results; he's hired. MORE 2010-03-01 A Solution for Chronic Pain? Effort to contain rising medical costs in the past decade focused on the 5 percent of lost time claimants with chronic pain. MORE 2010-02-01 The Impact of Reform I predict that national healthcare reform may intrude into workers' compensation and not in an obvious way. MORE 2010-01-05 Blunting Political Vindictiveness Most state funds value professionalism over politics. The most recent and glaring exception, however, is in North Dakota. MORE
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
Entire contents copyright © 2013 Risk and Insurance® All rights reserved.
May not be reproduced in any form without written permission.
|