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Apr 02
Workers’ Compensation Medical Prices Were Higher and Grew More Rapidly in States without Medical Fee Schedules, Says New WCRI Study
The prices paid for medical professional services for injured workers were higher and rising faster in states without fee schedules compared with states that have them in place, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI), Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation, Fourth Edition (MPI-WC). Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) March 29, 2012 …
Apr 02
NY factory owner where worker died is arrested
NEW YORK — The owner of a Brooklyn tortilla factory where a worker died after falling into a waist-high dough mixing machine has been arrested. Erasmo Ponce was charged with underpaying employees, falsifying business records, violating workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance laws. Authorities said Wednesday Ponce surrendered Tuesday and was released on bail. According to …
Mar 12
Injuries Suffered on Break – Workers Compensation
A New York Court has ruled that workers injured while on break are entitled to receive workers compensation benefits. March 07, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ — During the work day there are often many opportunities to be injured. Depending on people’s jobs, dangers could lurk near machinery, in the form of slippery floors or in a cubicle …
Mar 12
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Board Moving to Electronic Claims Reporting
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is transitioning from a paper to an electronic employer report of injury system. The board will adopt the IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions) Claims Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Standard Release 3.0. Currently, the board accepts New York-specific claims information from employers and insurance carriers …
Mar 06
Are Four Limbs Worth $18 Million? Quadruple Amputee Gets Big Settlement From NYC, Brooklyn Hospital
Four years after her horrible ordeal began 32-year-old Tabitha Mullings, who became a quadruple amputee after a hospital “mistake,” is getting a hefty $17.9 million payday. After three years going through the courts, Brooklyn Hospital and its doctors have agreed to settle and fork over $9.4 million (the city will pay $8.5 million). Not quite …
Mar 06
Weirdest injuries in sports history
Last week, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher A.J. Burnett accidentally bunted a ball off his face, resulting in a broken orbital bone. On Friday, Burnett had surgery to repair his fractured face but will have to sit out the next 2-3 months. In honor of Burnett’s weird injury, we’ve compiled a list of some even stranger sports injuries, …
Mar 06
N.Y.’s workers’ comp surcharge highest in nation
By THOMAS ADAMS Rochester Business Journal February 23, 2012 A surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for New York employers is nearly five times the average surcharge in other states, the Workers’ Compensation Policy Institute said this week. The state has increased the assessments by 10.4 percent and 27 percent in the last two years, …
Mar 06
Workers’ Comp Surcharge Cost Burden to N.Y. Employers: Study
The assessment surcharge added to workers’ compensation costs for New York employers is increasingly becoming a burden for businesses, according to a new study. In New York State, the assessment surcharge is currently 20.2 percent — which is more than double that of the second most expensive state in the nation (8.9 percent in Minnesota). …
Feb 24
13 Ways to Beat Back Pain Check out these low-cost, drug-free remedies
If a stint in the garden, or an overlong plane ride, sends your back into spasms, you’re not alone: 80 percent of adults will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, according to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Long work hours in one position can make us …
Feb 24
Healing Yourself After Injury, Illness, or Surgery
During the year or two after surgery or treatment for a serious medical problem, many people find they need help to feel better emotionally and physically but don’t know where to turn. In You Can Heal Yourself (St. Martin’s Paperbacks, 2012), Dr. Julie Silver, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School …