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05/17/21 Judge David Langham Sometimes you get to break the news. Sometimes you are the news. But, usually, you just read the news. The art of blogging requires some temporality. Current events are generally of more interest than yesterday's news. By now, it is likely that you have noticed that the Workers' Compensation Institute, postponed from "the year that wasn't" will be in December 2021, an accommodation to the virus that persists. So, today I merely write some more on that rescheduling, which is perhaps old news. But, read on for detail. Oh, as The King put it, " I'll be home for Chri...

The so-called advocacy approach to workers compensation claims has gained ground over the past year as injured workers faced anxiety and uncertainty due to delayed medical care and a greater reliance on technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.  Workers have needed more help steering through the claims process, including using technology to access remote health care, and the extra stresses endured have highlighted the importance of behavioral health services, they say.  “Advocacy is really about helping the injured worker navigate the workers compensation landscape and ...

Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on developments for individual U.S. states and classes of workers. In fact, while claim frequencies are down for workers’ compensation overall with business shutdowns bringing lower numbers of non-COVID claims, and while the bulk of COVID comp claims are short-duration, low-dollar claims, some insurers have paid out claims that w...

Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic, but different data sources give varying readouts on developments for individual U.S. states and classes of workers. In fact, while claim frequencies are down for workers’ compensation overall with business shutdowns bringing lower numbers of non-COVID claims, and while the bulk of COVID comp claims are short-duration, low-dollar claims, some insurers have paid out claims that w...

COVID-19 Vaccinations and Workers' Compensation, Today's COVID-19 environment continues to present unique questions within the workers' ....