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Straight Outta Workers’ Comp (Audio), Episode 1 – Denial, Danger, & Dignity

December 9, 2024
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Episode 1 - Straight Outta Workers' Comp Podcast * Production Note: This podcast series was originally scheduled to be launched in Mid-January 2025. Recent events have accelerated this release for reasons of timeliness and relevancy. There are some references to a later launch within the recording. The decision to launch early was made following the recording of this program.  Bob WilsonStuart ColburnMark Pew The first, or premiere, episode of "Straight…

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State of Denial and the Shots Heard Round the Insurance World

December 6, 2024
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In a tragic incident this week, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down while entering a hotel for an investor’s conference in New York City. While (as of this writing) the suspect has not yet been apprehended and the motive remains unknown, undoubtedly, many in this country, myself included, reached an immediate conclusion. Disgruntled policyholder.  Or someone otherwise who felt severely affected by a denied or delayed health care claim. Some…

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The Point Webinar – Views from the Bench: The Jurists’ Prudence

November 27, 2024
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A Free WebinarWednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 12:00 PM Eastern Straight from their very successful "60 tips" session at the National Workers' Compensation Conference in Las Vegas, this panel of esteemed jurists (and Bob) will cover a variety of important topics in the industry - providing view's from the bench within various jurisdictions. Register Today!Seats are limited. Presenters Include: Moderator Stuart Colburn, Shareholder at Downs & Stanford, P.C. ​​​​​​​Judge David Langham, Deputy Chief Judge of…

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Why You Should Be Aware That It Is Kids’ Chance Awareness Week

November 18, 2024
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In the bustling world of workers’ compensation, where policies and procedures often overshadow the human element, it’s easy to forget the real lives impacted by workplace injuries. Enter Kids’ Chance Awareness Week, a beacon of hope and a reminder that behind every claim number lies a family, and often, children whose futures hang in the balance. Scheduled for November 18-22, 2024, Kids’ Chance Awareness Week is more than just a…

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Covid, Gen Z, and The Increasing Use of Sick Days

November 4, 2024
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Poor Gen Z. Everybody seems to pick on them. It is, I suppose, a rite of passage of some sort. Every generation is generally critical of the ones that follow it. And as I wrote last week, Gen Z has four other opinionated and domineering generations before it in the workplace. And one of those generations, the Boomers like me, actually know what we are talking about. Those Gen Z sissy pants…

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Over a Workers’ Comp Claim, Going For Broker

October 23, 2024
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The story you are about to read is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.  And in some cases, the stupid. Really stupid. It’s a shame I can’t change my own name, as it would have protected me on numerous occasions of idiocy. But that is a different story, I suppose. I received a call recently from a friend who is a high-level executive of a fairly…

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Webinar – Getting Under the Waterline: Creating Connection to Improve injured Workers’ Recovery

September 27, 2024
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Free Webinar - October 29, 2024 @ 1:00 PM Eastern In this insightful fireside chat, experts will delve into the critical role of connection and communication in the worker's compensation field, emphasizing how subconscious fears can significantly impact the recovery and healing process for injured workers. Join Lt. Col (Ret.) Scott Mann, US Army and Debra Livingston, CEO & Founder of ReEmployAbility, as they discuss how paramount connection is to…

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Workplace Violence – Practical Questions and Solutions from National Risk Managers and Legal Perspective (CE Credits Provided)

September 27, 2024
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Free Live Course - January 14, 2025 @ 1:00 PM Eastern Sponsored by: Workplace violence is more than a social media phenomenon – it has increasingly become a risk management focus. Taking the broad definition from NIOSH (criminal intent, customer / client, worker-on-worker, personal relationship), one in four U.S. employees have witnessed an event in the past years and 12% have been the target of violence (according to Business Insurance,…

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Voice of the Provider – The Role of Psychology

September 4, 2024
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Voice of the Provider is a collaboration between Brooks Rehabilitation and WorkCompCollege.com and the name defines its purpose. Many stakeholders in work comp do not understand or appreciate all of the various clinical providers that help an injured employee return to and stay at work. Whether recovery from the injury / illness is easy or hard, there are clinicians along the way that utilize their education, expertise and experience to…

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Voice of the Injured Worker – “Going Crazy” at Home

September 3, 2024
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Episode 3 of Voice of the Injured Worker tells the story of Jesus Martinez Gomez. "The first two to three weeks after getting hurt, I was just sitting at home, going crazy." The transitional duty program empowered him to volunteer at the Museum of Military History, a "healing house" for him. Depression and well-being were phrases he used quite often, and the ability to feel useful and engaged was his…

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