RTW: injury reporting best served by call centers: a nurse call center enables timely reporting of injuries, appropriate medical care and improved RTW outcomes.
The workers' compensation injury reporting process faces many challenges: injuries are reported late; claims contain incomplete information; and lags in communication lead to less than optimal financial, medical and return-to-work results. To address these challenges, employers benefit most from a well-designed call-center solution. Today's most innovative call...

RTW: injury reporting best served by the Internet: the advent of online forms improves the Internet channel's ability to provide quick and nimble claims service.
Studies show that if workers' compensation claims are received early, that discipline alone can result in significant cost savings. Many organizations have tried to implement a strict policy of prompt reporting of injuries, but paper-based, manual processes slow down and disrupt the reporting process. A delay can negatively impact...

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AZ: agency RN injured while leaving hospital: court held workers' comp. 'exclusive remedy'.
CASE FACTS: Cynthia Schwager, a registered nurse, was employed by InteliStaff, an agency which supplied medical personnel to health care facilities on a contract basis. Through InteliStaff, Nurse Schwager accepted a thirteen-week assignment to work at Paradise Valley Hospital, operated by VHS Acquisition Corporation/Vanguard Health Management. Nurse Schwager had...

The heavy, heavy burden of obesity: obesity increases the cost of workers' compensation claims and the risk of traumatic workplace injuries, new surveys show.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Summary * Obesity claims in the United States are rising in number and in severity, according to a new study. * Having a body mass index in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury, a separate...

Cashing In on Innovation.
Cashing In on Innovation By Chris Manning Wendy's director of loss prevention and security outlines how he helped update the fast food giant's cash handling system In the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry, where 99-cent menus drive billion-dollar revenues, every penny counts. But...

Lives in the balance: workplace safety at risk: the ANF has long campaigned for a nurses' right to a safe workplace on issues such as zero tolerance to violence, manual handling and no lift policies, and adequate compensation for injury and illness. The federal government's industrial relations agenda and recent changes to health and safety laws threaten to derail the workplace standards nurses have achieved.
It is now more than one year since the Howard Government's industrial relations (IR) laws came into effect in March 2006. Anticipated fears of erosion of workers' rights have turned into a bleak reality for many Australian workers. One thousand workers a day are being moved onto...

Survey: Most California Policing Agencies Resist Citizen Inquiries.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Most California law enforcement agencies are not prepared to promptly provide inquiring citizens with clearly public information about crimes, arrests and departmental finances and operations. So concludes a survey reported today by Californians Aware (CalAware), a public interest organization promoting open government. ...

Crawford Announces Management Changes at Broadspire.
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB) announced on Friday that its board of directors has accepted the resignation of its chief executive officer of Broadspire, Robert R. Kulbick, effective immediately. The board has asked Dennis Replogle, who currently serves as president of Broadspire, to...

Short on balance.
Dear Editor, The recent article by Peter Rousmaniere (Risk & Insurance[R], July 1, 2007, Page 14) about TPAs deserves some comment. While I agree with most of Rousmaniere's statements, I disagree with the way some of them are presented, and what seems to be an...