Have you ever been on the flip side of a workers’ compensation claim? Where you were the injured worker? If you have not, have you ever put yourself in the injured worker’s shoes? Or had a family member experience the process? In case you guessed it, this process is not the easiest one. Ahh, but there is so much we can do about it to make it better!! Anyone can…
The use of utilization review (UR) in workers’ comp has defenders and critics. Some consider UR (insurance companies and third-party administrators, et al) to be a basic tool to prevent unnecessary medical services and reduce costs. Others (physicians and plaintiff attorneys, et al) consider utilization review to be a cause of unnecessary delays in medical care that can result in poorer outcomes and frustration for physicians and injured workers. Finding…
Preferred Medical, a Gold Associate Partner of WorkCompCollege.com, has issued a public congratulatory message to David Price, the company's General Counsel & Director of Government Affairs, for being the first of their employees to earn the Workers' Recovery Professional Certification. You may view their announcement here. We at WorkCompCollege also celebrate Mr. Price and his efforts, as well as Preferred Medical for embracing a new and better way for the…
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Brandon, FL (May 2, 2023)- ReEmployAbility, a leading provider in return-to-work services, is excited to announce that CEO Debra Livingston will be hosting a live course in partnership with WorkCompCollege on “Achieving Successful Partnership Among the Stakeholders.” The course will take place on Tuesday May 16, 2023 at 1 p.m. through workcompcollege.com. Livingston will be joined by a panel of WorkCompCollege faculty members, all with their own unique expertise in…
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Free: A Live Course - Achieving a Successful Partnership Among the Stakeholders May 16 @ 1:00 PM Eastern The workers’ compensation ecosystem has many stakeholders. Their incentives often but don’t always align which complicates how they service the two most important stakeholders … the employer and injured employee. When these various stakeholders create silos with conflicting priorities, it can often result in conflict and suboptimal outcomes. When they work as…
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I love the workers’ compensation space. I feel like I was born into it. I grew up watching my father beat his body up as he worked manual labor (and continues to do so well into his 70s). I had an emergency door handle pierce the skin of my upper thigh while I was working at one of my very first jobs which required a plethora of sutures. I began…
