Archive for April, 2016
Past Medical History Remains the Key to Controlling Costs in Workers’ Compensation
Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it, wrote George Santayana. In workers’ compensation, those who do not know the past are doomed to pay for it. Winning in workers’ compensation in almost every state comes down to developing past information about injuries, car accidents, chiropractic care, sports activities, second jobs, […]
CDC Releases Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
Pain management has become a major health issue and cost driver in most state workers’ compensation programs with the proliferation of prescription opiates and consequential addictions arising from workers’ compensation injuries. One of the central problems that practitioners face in file handling and in court is the absence of any clear standards to decide whether […]
Are You Covered for Comp When You Tear Your Knee Playing for the Company Softball Team or Dancing at the Holiday Party?
Most employers have some recreational or social activities throughout the year, and unfortunately, injuries tend to occur at these events. There used to be so many of these kinds of claims that the New Jersey Legislature enacted new legislation in 1980 under N.J.S.A. 34:15-7, which provides that recreational and social activities do not arise from […]
Ohio State University Medical Center Did Not Violate the ADA in Requiring a Psychiatric Fitness Examination
Sometimes alarming statements made at work justify a fitness examination. In the case of Barnum v. The Ohio State University Medical Center, 2016 App. LEXIS 2957 (6th Cir. 2016), the plaintiff worked as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. In 2011, she was having issues at home due to a divorce and other family matters. A […]
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