February 26, 2010
Chronic pain management in workers' comp
Recently, I attended the 2010 Health and Productivity Forum jointly sponsored by the Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) and the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) in San Antonio. I had been invited to participate in a panel discussion by Gary Anderberg, of Broadspire, who, as I have written previously, is one of the smartest people I'm fortunate to know. With...July 21, 2009
Making Safety a Universal Language
The following article is a guest post by Joey Lucia, a loss prevention supervisor at Austin-based Texas Mutual Insurance Co., the largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Texas. Non-English-speaking Hispanic workers present unique safety challenges. Picture this: It’s your first day on the job with a construction crew. Your boss asks you to help lay a foundation for an...March 19, 2009
The Delicate Brain
Our guest blogger is colleague Peter Rousmaniere, a columnist for Risk & Insurance magazine and blogger on the immigrant workforce. Beginning with the sudden and unexpected death of actress Natasha Richardson, Peter explores the murky issue of brain injuries, where what appears to be minor may suddenly morph in to a life-threatening - indeed, life ending - catastrophe. The actress...January 14, 2009
Bankruptcy and Workers' Compensation: A Silver-Plated Bullet
Part three of a three-part guest post series on bankruptcy and workers compensation by Robert Aurbach, CEO of Uncommon Approach.. Part 1: Bankruptcy and Workers' Compensation: Broken Promises, Broken Lives Part 2: Reducing the Conflict Between Bankruptcy and Workers' Compensation Three changes are proposed to the Federal Bankruptcy Code: changing the accrual of workers' compensation claims for bankruptcy purposesallowing them...January 13, 2009
Reducing the Conflict Between Bankruptcy and Workers' Compensation
Part two of a three-part guest post series on bankruptcy and workers compensation by Robert Aurbach, CEO of Uncommon Approach. The last posting introduced Joe, the injured employee of a self-insured employer, and discussed the ways the workers' compensation system failed him when the employer filed for Federal Bankruptcy protection. It's important to understand the reasons why this happens to...January 12, 2009
