Artificial intelligence [AI] opens new frontiers for workers’ compensation law firms and insurance companies. Last week, Google announced new applications that will vastly expand how workers’ compensation claims can be serviced, managed, and supported.
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Sunday, June 29, 2014
Rick Perry, Texas and A Record of High Worker Fatalities and of Weak Benefits
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| Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Almost anywhere in the vast Lone Star State, one can find evidence of the “Texas miracle” economy that policy makers like Gov. Rick Perry have talked about in their political speeches.
The hot economy, they say, is the result of their zealous opposition to over-regulation, greedy trial lawyers and profligate government spending.
But state leaders have rarely mentioned the grim side of the workplace: Texas has led the nation in worker fatalities for seven of the last 10 years, and when Texans get hurt or killed on the job, they have some of the weakest protections and hardest-to-obtain benefits in the country.
Texas is the only state that does not require private employers to carry workers’ compensation insurance or a private equivalent, so more than 500,000 workers — about 6 percent of the work force — receive no occupational benefits if they are injured on the job. On-the-job injuries can leave them unable to work, and with little recourse.
More than a million Texans are covered by private occupational insurance from their employers. Those plans are not regulated by the state but are often written to sharply limit the benefits, legal rights and medical options of workers. Employers, however, say their workers often get quicker and better care under the private plans.
Most Texas workers, about 81 percent, are covered by a state-regulated compensation system, which provides injured workers with standard benefits, including partial...
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Nurse Ratched Comes To Workers' Compensation or Why Workers' Compensation Should NOT be Involved in Criminal Drug Enforcement
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State officials and legislators are increasingly concerned with the over-prescription of opiates and other controlled substances for pain management in the workers’ compensation program. A bill pending in... |
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The efforts to reform pharmacuetical use is a tough balancing act. The ulterior motive of cost savings and profits generates sensationalism, but what makes good medical sense and what benefits the patient should not go ...
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
More Regulation Called for of State Opt-Out Plans
A recently published report by the New Street Group, sponsored by Sedgwick calls for the intervention of state regulation over workers' compensation opt-out plans. Recognizing the gray line between State and Federal insurance programs, the report concludes that the Federal and state courts may ultimately decide the direction of workers' compensation in the US.
Read more about "opt-out" plans and workers' compensation
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| By Peter Rousmaniere and Jack Roberts |
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May 07, 2013
Governor Mary Fallin today signed into law Senate Bill 1062, a bill that reforms the workers' compensation system in Oklahoma by removing it from the judicial system and making it an administrative process. The bill, by ...
Jun 03, 2013
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, or EPIC, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to establish that all air travelers have the right to opt out of airport body scanners. In additional to the privacy ...
Jan 19, 2013
The US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) is following the lead on many other countries, including the European Community, and is removing all Backscatter machines from service. While not admitting to the radiation ...
Nov 16, 2012
An activist movement is encouraging individuals to opt-out of going through airport x-ray scanners during Thanksgiving travel. Health concerns have been raised over the use of machines. Many United States unions have ...
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