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AI and Workers' Comp - Summary of ARPA presentation

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The recent Australian Association of Rehabilitation Providers (ARPA) Roundtable meeting in Perth provided an opportunity to speak on how AI is and will impact workers’ compensation. AI will not change the functions of any disability insurance or workers’ compensation systems. is dynamic and bi-directional.

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.

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Delaware Employer Need Not Pay for Claimant’s Opioids More than 9 Years After Accident

The Workcomp Writer

In 2016, the employer requested review of Sheppard’s ongoing health care treatment and service for medications prescribed by Dr. Eva Dickinson. As a result of the decision, the employer and its carrier had no further liability to Dr. Dickinson or her medical practice for those medical expenses that had been the subject of the UR decision.

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Dual Employment Status Bars Double Recovery

Workers' Compensation

An employee may have dual employers but ultimately can only receive a single recovery from only one employer for work-related injuries. The “exclusivity doctrine,” permitting a complete recovery of damages against an employer, limits an injured worker’s benefit recovery to the compensation system, barring an intentional tort.

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What's Hot in Workers' Comp 2022?

Florida Workers' Comp

The world of workers' compensation is geographic and diverse. There is no workers' compensation "system," but at least 60 systems across the country. That congregation discusses the hot topics of workers' compensation before an audience at the WCI Workers' Compensation Educational Conference.

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An Evidence Constraint

Florida Workers' Comp

See Who is the Employer? The bill is of interest in the workers' compensation community because we have a fair number of opportunities to examine the "employer/employee relationship" in the context of various statutory sections. The application of workers' compensation in Florida is dependent upon that employment relationship.

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Top Ten Priorities for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Reforms

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers’ compensation “reforms” are typically focused on reducing employer costs. See [link] ] Progress towards improving compensation for workers was noted; so were the many gaps and shortfalls in the present landscape of state workers’ compensation laws.