Showing posts with label prevention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prevention. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

COVID-19: A lesson for the workers’ compensation industry

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Michael Lewis’s new book, The Premonition, is about three characters and their struggle to alert the Nation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Is Workers’ Compensation Prepared for Domestic Terrorism?

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The nation’s workers’ compensation system may be facing a new challenge, domestic terrorism. The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS)  ...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

Halting Workplace COVID-19 Transmission: An Urgent Proposal to Protect American Workers

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A report authored by David Michaels and Gregory R Wagner and published by The Century Foundation highlights the actions needed to strengthen...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Fall Death Rates Increase in US Increased 30%

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Today's post is shared from the cdc.gov Each year, millions of older people—those 65 and older—fall. In fact, more than one out of fou...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Increased Suicide Rates: Compensability and Prevention

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Suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30% since 1999, and mental health conditions are one of several factors contribu...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Zika: The Next Compensable Infectious Disease - Benefit Challenges Begin

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Workers' Compensation insures for the consequences of infectious diseases arising out of and in the course of employ...
Sunday, March 31, 2013

OSHA Needs To Be Strengthened

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If workplaces were safer then there would be no reason to have a workers' compensation program at all. OSHA , The Occupational Safety an...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Workers' Compensation is Riding on the Road to Wellville with Obama Care

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As Obama Care [The Affordable Care Act] launches, workers' compensation programs will start to undergo subtle changes   The innovation...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Obama Agenda: The Road to Workplace Wellness

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As workers compensation programs are being diluted by soaring medical costs, The Obama Administration's policy makers are taking a bol...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Obesity Is Weighing Down The Workers' Compensation System

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The "fat" gene With over two-thirds of the nations' workforce ...