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AI and Workers' Comp - Summary of ARPA presentation

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

AI will not change the functions of any disability insurance or workers’ compensation systems. Workers’ compensation or disability insurance are not islands. My final points reiterated that AI is here, it is not going away, and it is going to increase in power.

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The Disability Insurance “trust gap” Part 1: Causes

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

[The following notes background and discussion points from a series of sessions Disability Management undergraduates completing a 4 th year course on Workplace Insurance and Benefits. Part 1 explores the reasons for the lack of trust in disability insurance. The trust gap is not unique to the disability insurance sector.

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Moments that Matter

Florida Workers' Comp

The 1948 adoption of the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Law (marking the unanimity of this concept in the nation). The implementation of Social Security Disability Insurance (1956). What "moments matter" right now in the American workers' compensation systems? The passage of the Job Safety Law of 1970 (OSHA).

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Implementing AI for Workers’ Compensation Law Firms and Insurance Companies

Workers' Compensation

A law firm could utilize a machine learning model to classify claims into different categories, such as slip and fall, car accident, product liability, Social Security Disability Insurance, or Multi-District Litigation [MDL]. RISK PREVENTION An insurance company could use AI to identify workers’ compensation claims data patterns.

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Temporary Total Disability for Work injury: What will Workers’ Compensation pay?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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? Are unemployment insurance payments considered earnings?

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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. per cent beginning on January 1.

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Can a worker claim workers’ compensation for COVID-19 exposure, illness or quarantine?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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.