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The Not-So-Hidden Cost of Obesity

Posted on January 18, 2011
NCCI has published an interesting study on the relationship between obesity and the cost of workers compensation claims. To no one's surprise, the study concludes that medical costs for the same injury are 3 times higher among obese claimants in the first year, rising to five times higher at 60 months...

Cavalcade of Risk & workers comp news briefs

Posted on January 12, 2011
It's Cavalcade of Risk week and issue #122 is hosted by our friend David Williams at Health Business Blog - check it out! Industry pulse - Good news. Robert Hartwig of the Insurance Information Institute takes the pulse of the property casualty industry and sees signs of life: Insurance Industry On The Mend...

In the Midst of Mayhem

Posted on January 11, 2011
A deranged man with a high-powered handgun in Tucson, Arizona, has killed six people and wounded many others. We will never really understand what drives an individual to plan and execute this kind of action, just as we cannot fathom why a man (or woman) would in the name of religion strap explosives to their bodies and kill themselves and...

"The touch of a human hand and tone of voice can do so much in the process we call healing"

Posted on January 06, 2011
As long as we're on the topic of healthcare today, it seems to be an opportune time to share a moving video clip that we bookmarked over the holidays. Marty Ratermann, a Missouri a craftsman and furniture maker, relates his story as a cancer patient at the 2010 Health Literacy Missouri Summit...

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Health Wonk Review

Posted on January 06, 2011
It's Health Wonk Review day - the first issue of the new year after a holiday hiatus. Avik Roy of the Apothecary hosts "Health Wonk Review: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?" edition. With the healthcare debate again front and center, it's a timely issue highlighting many of the controversies...

A Hand for Dr. Woolley

Posted on January 04, 2011
For nearly 15 years, beginning in 1990, Bradley Clark was a baggage handler for United Airlines. He started at age 33, and by the time he was unable to perform the work, he was nearly 50. Ten years in, he began experiencing pain in his thumb joints. In 2004 he banged his hand against a cart and was diagnosed with...

Recapping 2010 and looking ahead to 2011

Posted on January 03, 2011
Here's a compilation of top news stories in 2010, encompassing workers comp, insurance, risk, general business, and more: OSHA lists its 10 Most Frequently Cited Standards in Fiscal Year 2010Risk Management Magazine offers its 2010 Stories that Defined the Year in RiskJoe Paduda of Managed Care Matters weighs in with his picks for the Top Work Comp Stories of 2010Insurance...

UPS At Risk: 37,500 Temps

Posted on December 22, 2010
This is a very busy time for delivery companies.Whether it's the post office, UPS or FedEx, there are more packages moving around than people to handle them. The UPS solution is the hiring of 37,500 (!) temporary workers. These folks have been working for a few weeks and will continue working right up until Christmas Eve, when they will all...

Another sad chapter in the "no exit" chronicles

Posted on December 20, 2010
We're just a few short months away from the 100-year anniversary of one of the most horrific industrial tragedies in our nation, one that catapulted the issue of worker safety to the forefront and helped to usher in a new era reform, including the protection afforded by workers compensation programs...

"Pick Your Poison" Cavalcade of Risk

Posted on December 15, 2010
When it comes to blog surfing, what's your tolerance for risk? Jason Shafrin of Healthcare Economist puts that to the test in his Pick Your Poison Edition of Cavalcade of Risk. Jason offers two ways to access this week's selections: risk lovers can pick "blindly" by topic; or, for the risk averse, Jason includes a post description and ranking...

Disability's Digital Switch

Posted on December 14, 2010
Up until recently, Peter Orszag was the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. As he leaves this job for a presumably more lucrative position with Citibank (no comment), he offers a final op ed piece in the New York Times on the subject of disability: specifically, the sharp rise in applications for SSDI benefits that has...

Holiday Health Wonkery and other news briefs

Posted on December 10, 2010
Brad Wright has an excellent holiday edition of Health Wonk Review posted at his blog, Wright on Health - check it out! It's the last issue until 2011 so fill up on your health wonkery now! And in other news briefs.... Nix on the Mine Safety Bill - Ken Ward of Coal Tattoo reports that an attempt to resurrect a...

All shook up

Posted on December 07, 2010
"I had a huge, constant knot in my forearm. Chris Ojeda developed tennis elbow. Matty Eggleston popped a tendon in his hand. We were all sidelined with all these injuries." "It's the same motion, back and forth, back and forth, rotating up high. You have a heavy weight at the end of the arm, out in the air...

CRM: Wreaking Bi-Coastal Havoc in Self Insurance

Posted on December 06, 2010
You may recall the New York saga of Compensation Risk Managers (CRM), who single-handedly brought down the entire workers comp self-insurance group (SIG) industry in the empire state. Well, CRM is back in the news, this time in California, where their dubious business practices have collapsed a self-insurance group for the construction industry...

Actuaries gone wild: a musical interlude

Posted on December 03, 2010
OK, it's Friday and we haven't talked about actuaries in awhile. Did you know that there are people singing about actuaries now? It's true. A few years ago, we brought you some mathematical musical hits, actuary style. Today, we are bringing you yet more actuarial ditties, including some love songs...

Cavalcade of Risk and assorted noteworthy news items from the blogosphere

Posted on December 01, 2010
Check out this week's Cavalcade of Risk, which is hosted by Nina Kallen, a Massachusetts attorney who runs the blog Insurance Coverage Law in Massachusetts. These carnivals are a good way to discover new blogs and we are happy to discover this one, right in our own backyard...

Amish Roofers: The Coverage is Simply Divine

Posted on November 30, 2010
On a recent drive through rural Ohio, I was startled by an unusual image: a horse and buggy crossing over the interstate on a bridge. Later, at a rest stop, a long line of Amish folks, dressed as if from central casting, stood patiently in line at the Burger King...

Tales from the TSA trenches: new security measures heighten worker stress

Posted on November 29, 2010
Some of the year's busiest travel days just passed with little event, despite widespread threats of massive disruption in protest of the new screening procedures recently implemented by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). In response to numerous personal anecdotes about invasive searches, irate consumers planned an Opt-Out Day for November 24, historically the busiest flying day of the year...

The Cost and Risks of Postponing Retirement

Posted on November 22, 2010
The GAO has issued an interesting report on the implications for increasing the retirement age. As the American workforce ages (the Insider is all over that one), and as the pressures on retirement funding increase, the various payers are all looking for ways to shift the costs to someone else...

The Scoop on Scooping

Posted on November 18, 2010
As we head into winter, alas, let's cast a fond look back at the balmy days of summer, when a dish of ice cream is never far from our thoughts. We read in the Vancouver Sun of a workers comp claim related to scooping. An unnamed convenience store employee served ice cream in the spring of 2009...

Thanksgiving Cavalcade Of Risk, social media, pigeon poop & more

Posted on November 17, 2010
For your biweekly risk roundup, check out the Thanksgiving Cavalcade Of Risk posted by Louise at Colorado Health Insurance Insider. Louise always does a great job curating the carnivals. Is claim frequency on the upswing? - At Comp Time, Roberto Ceniceros says that claims data gathered by Liberty Mutual Group shows frequency trending up...

Battlefield medicine: technologies that may yield benefits for injured workers

Posted on November 15, 2010
Last week, our nation honored its veterans for service rendered to the country. Although belatedly, we join in offering thanks. One could make the case that our nation's gratitude should be a 365-day-a-year tribute rather than largely confined to a single celebratory day...

Health Wonk Review: Day Late and Dollar Short?

Posted on November 12, 2010
The Veteran's day version of Health Wonk Review is up. We apologize for our delay in linking to this ever-valuable forum for health-related issues. One of the links involves Jon Morgan's experience with long-term back pain: check out his blog on his experience with spondylosis...

A Cup of Tea and Millions Three

Posted on November 08, 2010
On February 19, 2008, Rachel Moltner, a 76 year old New Yorker, went into the Starbucks at 80th Street and York Avenue and ordered a "venti'-sized" tea. Her tea was served to her double-cupped and lidded. She took it back to a table and tried to remove the lid to add sugar...

Risk carnival, election wrap-up, and tooting our own horn

Posted on November 03, 2010
This week's Cavalcade or Risk is posted by Ironman at Political Calculations. This biweeky roundup of risk posts is a sampling or "carnival" or topic-related posts. Ironman grades the entries for topicality, quality and readability - check it out. Election results - Washington's Initiative 1082 to privatize workers' comp was soundly defeated last night, as about 58% of the voters...

Election day special - a guide to resources, polls, results & more

Posted on November 02, 2010
In the interests of doing our part to foster good citizenship, we're providing some election day resources to help you with last minute voting preparation and tracking results. While there are only two ballot initiatives involving workers comp that hit our radar (let us know if you are aware of others), electing public officials has a downstream effect on both...

All Hallows Eve Edition of Health Wonk Review and other noteworthy news

Posted on October 28, 2010
The pre-election season used to be dubbed the silly season, but this year it might better be termed the scary season - things are getting pretty acrimonious. Following up on the scary theme, Meredith Hughes, Allison Levy, and Sam Wainwright of New Health Dialogue Blog team up to bring you Health Wonk Review: All Hallows Eve Edition...

Test your OSHA Employee Protection Knowledge

Posted on October 26, 2010
From mancomm.com, supplier of compliance and safety training products, we received the following quiz on OSHA's employee protection regulations, which is excerpted from their Introduction to OSHA booklet. See how well you do. 1. On OSHA's Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, what else might be written in the space marked 'Employee's name' instead of the actual name?...

Death Benefits in Kansas: Common Law Conundrum

Posted on October 25, 2010
Tasha Dakota Burns lived with Tony Anguiano for four years. After his divorce from his first wife became final, Tony - on several occasions - asked Tasha to marry him. Tasha did not take him seriously, because his proposals only came when he had had a bit too much to drink...

Oregon's 2010 Workers Comp State Premium Rate Ranking

Posted on October 21, 2010
We have just one item to share today - an important and useful tool from the folks at Oregon's Department of Consumer & Business Services: 2010 Oregon Workers' Compensation Premium Rate Ranking, which ranks all 50 states plus the District of Columbia for rates that were in effect in January 2010...

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