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Treatment for back pain hasn't necessarily changed in the last couple of decades, but newer technologies are making existing procedures faster, safer, and more effective.

Many companies are beginning to capitalize on the value of social media as a recruitment tool. But it can also be useful for other purposes, as long as you don't overstep legal and administrative boundaries. And one is workers' comp investigations.

How an insurer, a bill-review provider and a data analytics firm fight workers' comp claims fraud.

Liens are something of a black hole in the California workers' comp system. The estimated $200 million annual cost to employers and insurers tells only part of the story.

Musculoskeletal pain may be triggered by exposure to violence in the workplace. A new study suggests health care workers who were assaulted by patients or their visitors were more likely to report low back pain, as well as pains in the shoulder, wrist or hand, and knee.

Employers and claims payers should perhaps pay more attention to what claimant lawyers know about workers' compensation, especially when the wheels fall off.

Look for tablet computers to become important to, if not prevalent, in the workers' comp realm. That's one of the predictions tech-savvy workers' comp participants expect in the not-too-distant future.

For more than 10 years, Greg Krohm has been the executive director of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions. Since 1988, he has served in senior-level positions in the workers' comp system, including the administrator for the Wisconsin Division of Workers' Compensation. In that time, he's seen significant changes.

It's long been believed that obesity adversely affects the workers' comp process. A pair of reports shed new insight on the effects of obesity on workplace injuries and may offer ideas for better managing these claims.

A third-party administrator can be an effective tool to improve a company's workers' comp system. With hundreds of TPAs out there, how do you select the best one for your company?

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the final regulations for the employment provisions -- Title II -- of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Employers should look at their medical examination forms, and the questions they routinely ask employees or applicants. They should also include notices on all requests for medical information, according to experts.

A special WCRI report highlights the successes and failures in workers' comp over the last 25 years, and explores how federal regulation and healthcare will affect the industry in the next 25.

Medical management has taken center stage among workers' comp participants looking for strategic ways to lower their costs. It's not surprising, given the latest trends in the system.

If you're looking for answers to the challenges of managing an older workforce, try analyzing your company's job tasks and claims management processes with 64-year-old glasses on, advises a longtime risk manager. By taking a slightly different perspective on preventing injuries as well as working with injured workers, you can keep your aging workers on the job longer.

Physical therapy managed care executives share insight into how to get the best value and treatment for injured workers in the workers' comp system.

The winds of change are blowing through Ohio, and some experts believe the Buckeye State could be on the verge of a significant overhaul of its workers' compensation system, up to and including privatization.