• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • WCW HOME
  • Submit a Wire!
  • Advertising
  • Media Partners
  • About
  • Contact Us

WorkCompWire

Your Trusted Source for Workers Compensation News

Coventry WCS
  • Workers Compensation News
    • Workers Compensation Industry News
    • Association, Rating & Research News
    • Claims, Legal, & Compliance News
    • Legislative & Regulatory News
    • Risk Management News
    • Work Force & Human Resource News
  • Featured Articles
  • Leaders Speak
  • Editor’s Forum
  • People On The Move
You are here: Home / Archives for Featured Articles

Featured Articles

Looking Toward the Future with Virtual Physical Therapy

May 1, 2020 - WorkCompWire

MTI America

Physical therapy (PT) is essential to helping injured workers return to work, and its benefits are clear. However, there are many reasons why an injured worker might not be able to get to PT—whether it’s transportation issues, mobility issues, a disability, or because they live in an underserved community. With the COVID-19 pandemic here for… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Stability and Progress Are Crucial During Uncomfortable Times

April 6, 2020 - WorkCompWire

One Call

In the words of contemporary artist Michael John Bobak, “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” As the entire world continues to swirl in COVID-19 surrealism, this statement seems to ring true now more than ever. There’s no getting around it – as the economy grinds to a halt, and entire sectors shut down,… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Keeping Your Teams Engaged in a Changing World

April 1, 2020 - WorkCompWire

Mitchell

The world is currently facing many uncertainties, including a sweeping surge of work from home requirements. When your employees are suddenly required to work from home, and face-to-face communication is all but eliminated, how do you continue to engage your teams and ensure their success? Thankfully, in the age of technology, the ability to engage… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Rise of The Gig Economy: The Employee/Contractor Debate Builds

February 24, 2020 - WorkCompWire

Sedgwick

What constitutes an independent contractor versus an employee? California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) is the first piece of legislation to look at reclassifying gig workers as employees. And it’s started a national debate. Sedgwick’s Vice President Workers’ Compensation, Scotty Benton, shares his expertise. First things first. What’s a gig economy? Working “gigs” isn’t a… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Conversation Threads for 2020: Industry Trends to Focus On In the Year Ahead

January 22, 2020 - WorkCompWire

Sedgwick

What industry trends will impact businesses in 2020? By finding the common threads that connect us all, we can come together and explore everything from consumer experience to digital development. Ushering in a new decade means new conversations, new complexities, new and exciting trends to weave into our existing ways of doing things. While the… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

A New Age Risk: Preparing for the Physician Shortage in Workers’ Comp

November 4, 2019 - WorkCompWire

Healthesystems

The aging workforce has been identified as a risk to workers’ compensation medical claims, primarily because older populations sometimes require more complex treatment, which can mean higher medical costs and increased compensable time. Recognizing that older workers are highly valued for their experience and good judgment, there is good evidence to support the notion that… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Life for Injured Workers After Settlement

October 21, 2019 - WorkCompWire

By Porter Leslie, President of Ametros “A good claim is a closed claim,” is a phrase often overheard in risk manager and claims adjuster circles. Employers, insurance carriers and other workers’ compensation payers tend to focus on settling claims, and phrases like this reinforce a one-dimensional view to settlement – as a way for the… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Texting, TeleConnect and Touches

October 1, 2019 - WorkCompWire

HomeCare Connect

By Vonesa Wenzel, Partner, HomeCare Connect Healthcare texting has gained traction as physician practices and some managed care companies incorporate texts into patient communications, often to send appointment reminders and clinic directions. Studies show that healthcare texts can improve compliance with treatment and lead to behavioral changes, including smoking cessation, weight loss, and diabetes management.… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Look to Your Data for Opportunities to Improve Your Workers’ Comp Program

September 3, 2019 - WorkCompWire

NWCDC

Data is a great resource for improving workers’ compensation programs. At NWCDC this fall, two separate sessions will help you figure out which metrics deserve your attention. With mounds of data at their disposal, workers’ compensation managers and financial executives might find it difficult to know exactly which metrics can help them create programs that… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Uncovering the Root Cause of Pain Through Physical Therapy

August 16, 2019 - WorkCompWire

One Call

By Michelle Despres, PT, CEAS II, CETS VP, National Product Leader for Physical Therapy, One Call Musculoskeletal disorders – injury or pain in joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves and tendons – are the second largest contributor to disability worldwide, with lower back pain being the single leading cause of disability globally. Some disorders arise suddenly and… [Read more]

Filed Under: Featured Articles

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Go to page 4
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 9
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Get Our Free Newsletter

Privacy by SafeUnsubscribe

myMatrixx

Paradigm

Genex

Follow Us on Twitter

Tweets by WorkCompWire

Workers Compensation News Topics

  • Top Stories
  • Featured Articles
  • Leaders Speak
  • Editor’s Forum
  • The RxProfessor
  • Industry News
  • Association, Rating & Research News
  • People On The Move
  • Claims, Legal, & Compliance News
  • Legislative & Regulatory News
  • Risk Management News
  • Work Force & Human Resource News
  • Workers’ Compensation

Wire Archives

Copyright WorkCompWire © 2021