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New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) has developed the 2012 New York State Guidelines for Determining Permanent Impairment and Loss of Wage Earning Capacity (“2012 Guidelines”) for use by medical professionals, carriers, attorneys, and the Board in the evaluation of permanent disabilities. The 2012 Guidelines will replace the existing 1996 Medical Impairment …

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By Pete Kuhnmuench The insurance industry in Michigan supports House Bill 4936, which would make changes to the state’s auto no-fault law to ensure that the system is sustainable for consumers well into the future. Michigan’s auto insurance no-fault law is unlike any other. It mandates that all drivers purchase unlimited, lifetime medical benefits. That …

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Predictive models spot problems early November 6, 2011 – 6:00am A new generation of predictive modeling tools is rolling out in the workers compensation market, which experts say could make claims adjustment and management more of a science. Workers Comp News and analysis about the legislative, legal and insurance market issues that affect workers compensation …

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One of the biggest impediments to job growth is simple wage skimming. The big offenders are the mandated insurances: Workers’ Compensation and liability. Workers’ comp is nothing more than a shakedown that adds 20 percent to construction labor costs in New York! Liability insurance is overpriced and sometimes even redundant. The worker, employer, and costumer …

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Nadine Blair knows pain. The 61-year-old Vancouver resident has fibromyalgia, migraines and osteoarthritis. When they all flare up, Blair is left writhing in pain. For many years, Blair relied on medication. She had different physicians for each condition. She had various dosage levels of opioid medications for her migraines, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia. Yet, the pain …

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KARACHI – It is extremely important to assist physically-challenged individuals in achieving an independent, productive, and satisfying lifestyle and occupational therapists can play a key role to accomplish this goal, said health experts at a seminar held on Monday. The seminar was organised by the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) to commemorate World Occupational Therapy Day. …

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Bogus policies, little centralized oversight and an increasingly elaborate network of fraud is permeating the workers’ compensation insurance market and sapping millions in state revenue, a House panel heard Tuesday. But a workgroup said meaningful remedies remain elusive as various, often competing interests hold their ground and shift blame to others in a scheme that …

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While records for date still fell, we just missed getting lots more The heaviest bands of an extraordinarily powerful October snowstorm stopped short of the Capital Region this weekend, but previous record snowfall totals across the Albany area were still shattered by one of the most impressive pre-Halloween blasts of winter weather in the past …

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M.R.I. scans almost always turn up something abnormal, but most of those abnormalities are inconsequential and require no medical treatment. Some sports-medicine physician specialists are speaking out against what they see as the massive overuse of M.R.I. (magnetic resonance imaging) scans for sports- and exercise-related injuries, according to an article that ran this past weekend …

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Most Americans assume if a loved one or breadwinner is killed or seriously injured on the job, insurance — at the very least, the workers’ compensation insurance that states generally require employers to carry — will help with the resulting expenses. But a pair of recent cases cast doubt on whether this system is working …

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