Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 28, 2022

I have heard from lawyers for years regarding their perceptions of the Florida workers' compensation system, and those who run it. Their many thoughts and the promise of constructive feedback led to the implementation of the annual joint survey implemented by the OJCC and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 10, 2018

Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. The expectation that workers’ compensation insurance will cover the full cost of a funeral and burial of an injured worker, however, is not the reality in all jurisdictions. but no statutory maximum.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Not all components of employer costs for a worker attract a premium but most workers’ compensation system defined which components are considered “reportable” or “assessable” payroll. Different definitions of payroll and restrictions on maximum temporary and permanent benefits effectively leave much of worker’s wages uninsured.

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HR Bartender

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Under this definition, Covered Entities are health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers. The rule recognizes that employers, their workers’ compensation insurers and claims administrators have a legitimate need to access detailed medical records in order to efficiently administer the workers’ compensation system.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 4, 2021

In the accompanying slides and in some responses, I provide additional references as a starting point for understanding and comparing initial workers’ compensation. All workers’ compensation systems pay the same rate for lost wages…right? A more obvious issues relates to the definition of any “initial period” of TTD.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 22, 2019

The full claim cost under these types of insurance agreement develop quickly and definitively. Not necessarily so for workers’ compensation insurance. The true, full cost of the claim will develop over time and known definitively once the claim is concluded or "finalled". The insurer makes the payment and the claim is closed.

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The Workcomp Writer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. Our” system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly adapted along with it. Short-Lived Oklahoma Opt-Out Law Vasquez v. Dillard’s, Inc.,

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AUGUST 27, 2023

Whether you work as a Case Manager for workers’ compensation system, a client services representative for a transport-accident personal-injury insurance, a claims administrator for a non-occupational disability insurance plan, or a return-to-work specialist for a third-party administrator, you will face the disability insurance “trust gap”.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

Commission Again Denies Lump-Sum Request On remand, Plaintiff argued that her case was “unusual” within the definition of § 97-44, because prior to the first hearing on this matter, she had experienced some delays in obtaining her weekly checks. 97-2 (19) (2021) (defining “medical compensation”). Instruction , 282 N.C. 24, 870 S.E.2d

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Florida Workers' Comp

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

From where I sit, a great many lawyers do not try many cases in the workers' compensation system. Definitions will matter. I am persistently surprised by the lawyer ads that proclaim their trial ability and expertise. I was not part of the parade Monday. The floats and the dignitaries were before me though.

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Florida Workers' Comp

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Merriam Webster provides the following definition: "something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time, especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or important" And, the world of workers' compensation has historically demonstrated some history of various artifacts, Jacobson v.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JANUARY 1, 2019

To forestall this eventuality, the majority of North American workers’ compensation jurisdictions adjust periodic payments (sometimes called workers’ compensation pensions or permanent disability payments) to account for increases in the cost of living. The geographic qualification to the definition of the CPI is fairly common.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

Exactly how that designation impacts the workers’ compensation claim process is an ongoing challenge but the increased risk acknowledged in the essential designation may weigh heavily in the determination of compensability. The Financial Challenge Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 7, 2020

The adjudicative decision for a workers’ compensation claim will become more complex as the risk differential between work and non-work exposures equalize. In either case, the complexity of determining the work-relatedness question can mean extensive investigation, cost and delay in reaching a decision.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

Australian and New Zealand workers’ compensation systems include exclusive, centrally funded and privately underwritten workers’ compensation “schemes” [a term used in Australian/New Zealand, analogous to insurance system or arrangement]. There are no jurisdictions with competitive state funds.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

The court stressed that the Workers’ Compensation Act required only that a health care provider have the responsibility for the provision of the reasonable and necessary services. Some reasonable medical services could be provided by persons who did not meet the statutory definition of “health care provider.”.

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