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A new Medicare rule that took effect April 1, 2016 retools Medicare payments for hip and knee replacements. Patients with serious medical conditions such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes, and lung ailments may not be able to find an orthopaedic surgeon willing to...

I just returned from New Orleans where I made a presentation to about 150 workers' compensation lawyers (both for workers and for employers) on "Case and Client Evaluation In Workers' Compensation". Since many in the audience represented insurance companies and...

Having an attorney can make the work comp claims process much easier. The workers' compensation insurance program exists to protect employees who are hurt on the job and to provide them with much-needed financial benefits while they recover from their injuries. In...

As this article correctly notes, "Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing"! Our work comp colleague in Pennsylvania are facing further attacks on their workers' compensation system. The article astutely points out: "Across the country, in state houses largely influenced...

Great listen via the Legal Talk Network: National Implications of Opt Out in Workers' Compensation. The "opt out" movement took hold in Oklahoma and is being pushed in many states around the country. Wisconsin has historically been an incredibly stable and top-notch...

It's official. The Wisconsin legislature and Governor recently approved amendments to the worker's compensation system in our state. We have a new law. The bill arose from the Wisconsin Worker's Compensation Advisory Council-the historically stabilizing group,...

Charlie Domer has a recent article in the Wisconsin Law Journal. Why Care About Comp? addresses the status of the worker's compensation system in our state, as well as the recent legislative machinations. In short order, we should have a signed worker's compensation...

Legislatures around the country (including ours in Wisconsin) seem to be preoccupied with employeefraud in workers' compensation, despite overwhelming evidence that employee fraud is virtually nonexistent. Employer fraud, however, continues to plague the industry....

For all those concerned about worker's compensation in our country-which really is all citizens-take a look at this important report on the current status of worker's compensation systems. The report, from the Worker's Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) highlights...

Those of us representing injured workers were recently forced into a somewhat difficult decision regarding proposed changes to Wisconsin workers' compensation law. As discussed in prior posts, two parallel bills were proposed, one sponsored by the Workers'...