Ten Commandments For Disagreeing With Others “Forward Day by Day” is a pamphlet sponsored by the Episcopal Church and the following list, with slight modifications, was taken from the January 30, 2013 edition. These commandments have universal application. We suggest you try them out the next time you find yourself in a disagreeable situation. (1) [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC - Attorney at Law.As workers' compensation programs are being diluted by soaring medical costs, The Obama Administration's policy makers are taking a bold new step to focus on promoting wellness and disease-prevention efforts in the workplace. Immediately following the presidential elction last November, [...]
Insurance companies sometimes tell doctors that they will not pay for procedures that the doctor says are medically appropriate. Today's post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.In Iowa, employers have the right to control an injured worker’s medical care. This means that if you are injured at work, your employer [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Tom Domer from The Domer Law Firm.Access to health insurance is under attack. President’s Obama’s comprehensive health care reform law, intended to increase health care coverage for millions of Americans, faced extreme scrutiny by the U.S. Supreme Court last week. Congressman Paul Ryan’s federal budget plan is a cynical [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Deborah Kohl from Deborah G. Kohl Law Offices.A recent article published in the Boston Globe cites injuries to teenagers are, “A major problem,” according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The article can be found here. The article further goes on to state that rules are often “flouted” for [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm.For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about the very real medical dangers of worry. For injured or disabled workers', worry can add an additional and very significant burden on the body. In this post, we’ll talk about some of the ways that [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC - Attorney at Law.A settlement was recently reached in a pending Federal Court case tht will benefit Medicare beneficiaries who require skilled services. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer require that a patient "improve" inorder to be entled [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Roger Moore from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Surprisingly, many employers and insurance companies actually believe workers’ hurt themselves on purpose or at the very least put themselves in positions where they think an injury is likely. We hear this a lot as a basis for not settling claims for existing [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC - Attorney at Law.A semiconductor plant worker, who had been exposed to solvents and radiation while working 5 years at a semiconductor factory in South Korea has been held to have suffered an compensable disease related to her exposure at work. The 36 year old [...]
The U.S. loses more GDP to poor health than Sweden's total GDP Today's post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.The Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI), a nonprofit health and productivity research organization for businesses, recently reported that poor health costs the U.S. economy $576 billion per year. Of this amount: $227 [...]