By Peter Rousmaniere
A coalition of advocates to transform workers' compensation and disability management is sprouting up across the country. It is now active in…
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by PETER ROUSMANIERE
Last fall's congressional victories by Democrats open the door further for the feds to regulate workers' compensation. Washington will not seek outright…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
Managed-care customers are showing bigger appetites for quality medical providers, electronic connectivity and analytics, while trimming their purchases of case management. And…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
Many of the 40,000 World Trade Center ground zero rescue and cleanup workers are at risk of serious health problems and disability…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation, a highly visible state agency, released its study of "Barriers to occupational…
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By Peter Rousmaniere A very well documented story was run on 9/15, by Liz Chandler of McClatchy Newspapers about problems with access to workers comp…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
Why do we know so little about insurance fraud? Why, after so many years of effort to control workers' comp fraud and…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
This posting is about a Rube Goldberg program being proposed to verify employer compliance at this time, without a satisfactory system in…
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By Peter Rousmaniere
The political uproar about illegal immigrants continues, with worsening implications for employers of illegal workers and the workers compensation systems in many…
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by Peter Rousmaniere
A new study by researchers at Tulane University and the University of California, Berkeley reveals that undocumented workers are being abused even…
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