Fall 2009:
(Vol. 46 No. 2) |
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| Editor's Report |
From the DEW Line
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Robert Aurbach |
| Features |
Behavioral Health Concerns as a Causation Issue in Workers' Compensation and Disability Claims |
Pamela Warren |
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Hypnosis in Disability Settings |
Michael Ellner
Robert Aurbach |
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CBT for Pain Management |
Michael Coupland |
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Claims Liabilities and Liability Reporting |
Mark Priven
Jim Elledge |
| RTW/SAW |
The 60 Summits Project: A Grass Roots Initiative to Prevent Needless Work Disability by Helping People Stay Employed ~ in the Real World |
Jennifer Christian |
| Technology |
Nanotechnology - Incurred by Not Reported |
Frank Dolinar
Diane Fearn - Desrosiers |
| Research |
NASI Research Summary: Workers' Compensation Benefits Coverage and Costs, 2006 |
Ishita Sengupta
Virginia Reno |
| Opinion |
About the 60 Summits Project and Where the Rubber Tree Plant is Going |
Jennifer Christian |
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Universal Health Insurance and Workers' Compensation |
Gregory Krohm |
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Spring 2009:
(Vol. 46 No. 1)
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| Editor's Report |
From the DEW Line |
Robert Aurbach |
| Feature |
Waiting for the Crisis |
Peter Rousmaniere |
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The Evolution of Workers' Compensation: Work Injury Insurance |
David DePaulo
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Aging America: The Iceburg Dead Ahead |
Tom Lynch |
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New Administration and Congress and the Economic Downturn May Provide Opportunity to Fix BankruptcyCode Flaw Adversely Affecting Workers' Compensation Claims |
Eric Oxfeld |
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AMA 6th Extended Comments |
J. Mark Melhorn |
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Introducing Identity Resolution |
Bob Barker
Charles Clendenon
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Preventing Further Harm to the Harmed - Towards a Therapeutic Approach to Workers' Compensation |
Robert Guthrie
Stephen Monterosso |
| Research |
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Using a Peer Review Process to Control Excessive Physical Therapy Visits |
Janet Jamieson |
| News and Current Interest |
In Memoriam: George Wood |
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Fall 2008: (Vol. 45, No. 2)
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| Editor's Report |
From the DEW Line |
Robert Aurbach |
| Invited Symposium |
The AMA Guides and Permanent Partial Disability Benefits |
John F. Burton, Jr. |
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The 6th edition of the AMA Guide to Permanent Impairment: Its Foundation, Implications for Jurisdictional Use, and Possible Future Directions |
Kathryn L. Mueller |
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The AMA 6th: Accelerating the Demise of Permanent Disability in Workers’ Compensation |
Jay Causey
Todd McFarren John E. Nimlos
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AMA Guides Sixth Edition: Perceptions, Myths, and Insights |
Christopher R. Brigham
W. Frederick Uehlein Craig Uejo
Leslie Dilbeck |
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The New AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition, and Its Use in Tennessee |
James B. Talmage |
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AMA Guides – Challenges in Application |
Robert E. Bonner |
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A Personal Perspective on the Sixth Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment for the Musculoskeletal Chapters – Executive Summary |
J. Mark Melhorn |
| Feature |
Workers’ Compensation Programs Seeking Success with New Hospital Payment Methodologies |
Eric B. Anderson Sherry Hoefel |
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Electronic Payment of Workers’ Compensation Indemnity Benefits |
Darrell DeMoss Richard Thomas |
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Workers’ Compensation and Self-Insurance in Australia – Implications for North America? |
Kevin Purse Robert Guthrie |
| Safety |
Minnesota OSHA’s Response to the I-35W Bridge Collapse – Protecting the Responders |
Jeff Isakson |
| Research |
Workers’ Compensation in California and in the Nation: Benefit and Employer Cost Trends, 1989-2005 |
Ishita Sengupta
Virginia Reno
Christine Baker Lachlan Taylor |
| Medical |
“Preventing Needless Work Disability for Helping People Stay Employed” A blueprint for process improvement from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) |
Jennifer Christian |
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Does ‘RTW’ Mean “Return To Work’ Or ‘Rehabilitation Time Wanted’? |
Steve Sviggum |
| WCPR Summary |
March – April 2008 |
John F. Burton, Jr. |
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SPRING 2008:
(Vol. 45, No. 1) |
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| Editor's Report |
AMA Guides Sixth Edition: A Quick Guide to Regulatory Issues for Regulators |
Robert Aurbach |
| Feature |
AMA Guides Sixth Edition: New Concepts, Challenges, and Opportunities |
Christopher Brigham
Elizabeth Genovese
Craig Uejo |
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Is There a Doctor in the House? California Workers' Compensation System Medical Reform and Access to Medical Care |
Alex Swedlow |
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Reducing Disability in Occupational Injuries: Predictors of Long Term Disability - A Literature Review |
Ann Clayton |
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From Data to Wisdom: Utilizing State of the Art Technology Technology Techniques to Derive Wisdom at the Speed of Thought |
Robin Jackson
Laurie Pipenur
David Andrews |
| Safety |
The Growing Importance of Vehicle Accidents to Workers' Compensation Claims and Costs |
Gregory C. Krohm |
| Technology |
Nanotechnology, Occupational Safety and Health, and Risk |
Frank Dolinar
Diane Fearn-Desrosiers |
| Research |
Apportioning Impairment to Cause: A First Look at California's Application of a New Standard for Permanent Disability Benefits |
Frank Neuhauser |
| Medical |
Workers' Compensation Facility Fee Schedules: Some Consideratiosn for States Looking at Fee Schedule Implementation or Modification in Their Existing Fee Schedule |
Janet Jamieson
Glen Boyle |
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Practical Implementation of Treatment Guidelines in a Workers' Compensation Environment - A New Approach |
Matthew Stanhope
Jon Ford |
| WCPR Summaries |
July - December 2007 |
John F. Burton, Jr. |
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| FALL 2007 (Vol.44, No. 2) |
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| Editors Report |
Who Are We (Should We Be) Listening to Concerning Reform? |
Robert Aurbach |
| Feature |
Lessons Learned from the California Reform Movement |
David J. DePaolo |
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What Should Be Driving Workers' Compensation Reform? |
Edward M. Welch |
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The Mystery of Workers' Compensation Reform Solved |
John F. Burton, Jr. |
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Workers' Compensation in the People's Republic of China |
Peter S. Barth |
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U.S. Federal Black Lung Benefits Program |
James DeMarce |
| Safety |
OSHA: Is It a Four Letter Word? |
Patricia Todd |
| Technology |
Nanotechnology: Many Small Steps to the Future |
Frank Dolinar
Diane Fearn-Desrosiers
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| Research |
Florida Medical Data Management Initiative |
Don Davis |
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Health Experience of Workers Receiving Lump Sum Settlements from the Maine Workers' Compensation System During the Period of 2000-2004 |
Ivan G. Most
Sylvia J. Most |
| Medical |
The Washington State Interagency Guideline on Opiod Dosing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain |
Hal Stockbridge
Gary Franklin
LaVonda McCandless
Doug Tuman |
| WCPR Summaries |
January-June 2007 |
John F. Burton, Jr. |
| NASI Research Summary |
Workers' Compensation Trends in 2005 |
Ishita Sengupta
Virginia Reno |
| Opinion |
A Candid Discussion Amongst Doctors (2) |
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SPRING 2007
(Vol. 44, No. 1) |
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FALL 2006
(Vol. 43, No. 2) |
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SPRING 2006
(Vol. 43, No. 1) |
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FALL 2005
(Vol. 42, No. 2) |
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SPRING 2005
(Vol. 42, No. 1) |
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FALL 2004
(Vol. 41, No. 2) |
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| IAIABC 90th Anniversary |
Where We've Been and Where We're Going - Opinions on the Status of Workers' Compensation at the 90th Anniversary of the IAIABC |
John Burton
Emily Spieler
Les Boden
Terry Bogyo
Pamela Cohen
Richard Ganan
Robert McGarrah
Mark Melhorn
Eric Oxfield
Peter Rousmaniere
Alfred Welker
Ed Welch
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A History of the IAIABC |
Gregory Krohm |
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Disability Management - The Global Dimension |
Wolfgang Zimmerman |
| Features |
Controlling Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Utilization Within the Workers' Compensation System - A Retrospective Review |
Alan Colledge
Joyce Sewell
Stephen Hunter
Devin Horton
Bradley D. Hunter
M. Scott DeBerard |
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Tribal Immunity and State Workers' Compensation Laws: Issues Arising from Off-Reservation Business Activities |
Robert Wake |
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ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines |
Lee S. Glass |
| Safety |
The Impact of Safety Professionals and Safety Culture in Reducing Workers' Compensation Costs and Workplace Injuries |
Dirk J. Duchscherer
Steven E. NyBlom |
| Technology |
Understanding Experience Rating |
Dawn Ingham |
| Research |
Years of Potential Life Lost: An Alternative for Measuring Workplace Fatalities |
Samuel Meyer
Stephen Pegula
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| Medical |
Questions Medicine Has Not Answered
Why Even the Best Doctors May Not "Cure" the Problem |
Deborah Day |
| News and Current Interest |
What is Evidence-Based Medicine?
Treatment Guidelines for Workers' Compensation
Bankruptcy News |
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SPRING 2004
(Vol. 41, No. 1) |
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FALL 2003
(Vol. 40, No. 2) |
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SPRING 2003
(Vol. 40, No. 1) |
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