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Eichler believes increased communication between regulators and stakeholders is sorely needed to develop effective solutions.

Venditti believes employers and insurers would do themselves a favor by gaining an understanding of psychosocial issues affecting workers' comp claims.

Conference planners are already at work developing the program for the 2012 National Workers' Compensation and Disability ConferenceŽ & Expo. As potential speakers submit requests for proposals, these are several of the new members of the Advisory Board.

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders may be costing health care employees a bundle in lost productivity, a new study concludes. Interventions to prevent or help workers better manage MSDs may help save money in increased presenteeism.

Traumatic brain injuries don't happen often. But one TBI can wipe out the entire finances of a small company -- in addition to destroying lives.

One of the biggest issues emerging in workers' comp discussions of late is the use, misuse, and abuse of narcotics by injured workers, specifically -- opioids.

Fee schedules are having a significant impact on medical prices in the workers' comp system, according to a new study. A review of 25 jurisdictions shows six of the eight states with the highest medical prices in the workers' comp system had no fee schedules.

Complying with the requirements of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act continues to be a challenge for many in the workers' comp system.

Carpel tunnel syndrome is something of a conundrum for the workers' comp community. While some maintain it rarely -- if ever -- is caused by work activities, it's been identified as one of the fastest growing occupational illnesses in the last decade.

Restricting activities of injured workers with low back pain not only hampers return-to-work efforts, it may actually fly in the face of academic and scientific evidence, according to a medical/legal workers' comp expert.

Narcotics use among injured workers is concentrated to a small percentage of claimants. High initial narcotic use is indicative of future use. Those are two of the more startling findings in the latest research from NCCI.

Claims organizations looking for new approaches to some of their long-term cases may want to check out a new service. Maze-Masters takes a nonmedical approach to helping injured workers get their lives back on track.

Attorney Tricia G. Bellich has a number of tales where social media has come into play and completely changed the scenario, which she will share during her session. She plans to provide attendees with the tools to obtain similar results.

A dozen high-powered workers' comp executives will discuss and debate key topics during the 2nd annual National Workers' Compensation Conference Executive Summit.

Workers' comp participants often roll their eyes at the mention of psychosocial issues affecting a claim. "Here's yet one more person who's claiming they are depressed about their job, their pain, whatever," said Mark Walls, assistant vice president for St. Louis-based Safety National. "Because of this there's always been this tendency to ignore these issues, to resist them."