A Buffalo Wild Wings employee died and at least 10 people checked themselves into hospital after being exposed to a strong chemical cleaning agent at a restaurant in Burlington, Massachusetts, authorities said on Thursday.
A new report based on claims data collated by AmTrust Financial Services has found that injuries to retail workers cause employees to miss an average of about 24 days of work.
Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt to keep warm and grabs a radio to talk to his coworkers. He was recently given a new piece of equipment to wear, which he attaches to a harness over his shoulders.
The thoroughbred horse Spring Racing Carnival is in full swing in the state of Victoria, Australia, culminating in the running of the Melbourne Cup, “the race that stops a nation.”
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced this week a Three Forks man charged with fraudulently collecting workers’ compensation benefits from the Montana State Fund has pled guilty.
Chasing perfect claims results can seem like chasing the wind, especially when it comes to making denial decisions. As Isaac Newton presented in his third law of motion, every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and deciding when to deny a claim is no exception.<br /><br />When initially evaluating claims, there are three general claims types encountered: the likely valid, the possibly valid, and the likely invalid. There is an art to analyzing and balancing these three types of claims and deciding which should be denied and fought. An initial analysis requires a grasp of the applicable legal standards and associated potential risks and exposure. Knowing up front how to navigate between types of claims, the applicable law, how much time to devote to a claim, when to hit a decision point, and when to deny and fight is essential to any claims-handling st
There are those in the field of Philosophy that will tell you that the “slippery slope” argument is not an acceptable one. In fact, in the arena of Formal Logic it is referred to as the “Slippery Slope Fallacy” and any reasoning that attempts to use it is declared to be invalid.
Over an October weekend, a friend of my boyfriend visited us from California. Since I wasn’t in the mood to drive across the city to the Philadelphia airport to pick him up, he did what most people would do. He pulled out his phone and called an Uber.
The adage says, “What gets measured gets managed.” What does that mean for workers’ compensation? What can we measure to truly improve outcomes for everyone in the workers’ compensation system, from injured workers, to employers, to insurers and others?
Despite some obstacles, telemedicine is quickly becoming the future of care. More doctors are consulting with patients over video calls to improve care in rural areas, and even tech giants like Amazon are trying to get in on the telemedicine game.<br /><br />
Workers’ compensation fraud hurts everyone. It can cause premiums to go up, increase litigation, and burden the court system as well as the prosecutor’s office. However, that did not stop a Father-Daughter couple from engaging in a scheme to defraud an employer/carrier.
The use of telemedicine is becoming more common than ever. A quick browse through a general care physician’s online portal shows options to text medical questions to a nurse, schedule a video appointment with a doctor and request a virtual exam.
One person is still missing, believed to be trapped inside the Hard Rock Hotel after the building partially collapsed without warning Saturday morning. Rescue efforts are still the focus.
From injured workers filing claims in more than one state to conflicting doctrines on subrogation, cross-jurisdictional workers’ compensation cases can be complex for injured workers and employers alike.
