A new issue for workers' compensation programs is emerging as the Republicans push forward on their legislative agenda to reform Medicare. Uncertainty over the impact of raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 may seriously and adversely impact the nation's network of fragile workers' compensation schemes. Furthermore, looming in the background is also the elimination of The Affordable Care Act and the consequence of a large pool of uninsured again seniors.
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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Made by a robot...driven by a computer
The workers' compensation scheme is being challenged to potential extinction by the workplace in which it was created decades ago. Stressed by economic challenges that have been fueled by globalization and technology, workers' compensation benefit programs are now being dismantled by historic reforms that attack the core philosophical principles of its very existence.
The evolving dynamic of the world's automobile industry provides a focus on the new economy where goods are made by robots and operated by a computer.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Hearing Loss Remains a Significant Problem at Work
Today's post is shared from the cdc.gov:
"Noise-induced hearing loss is a significant, often unrecognized health problem among U.S. adults. Discussions between patients and personal health care providers about hearing loss symptoms, tests, and ways to protect hearing might help with early diagnosis of hearing loss and provide opportunities to prevent harmful noise exposures. Avoiding prolonged exposure to loud environments and using personal hearing protection devices can prevent noise-induced hearing loss."
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Judge Accepts Medicare’s Plan To Remedy Misunderstanding On Therapy Coverage
Today's post is shared from Kaiser Health News khn.org
"A federal judge has accepted Medicare’s plans to try once more to correct a commonly held misconception that beneficiaries’ are eligible for coverage for physical and occupational therapy and other skilled care only if their health is improving.
"'Confusion over the Improvement Standard persists,' wrote U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christina Reiss in Vermont in a decision released by the court Thursday. Advocates for seniors say coverage is often mistakenly denied simply because the beneficiary reaches “a plateau” and is no longer making progress.
"A federal judge has accepted Medicare’s plans to try once more to correct a commonly held misconception that beneficiaries’ are eligible for coverage for physical and occupational therapy and other skilled care only if their health is improving.
"'Confusion over the Improvement Standard persists,' wrote U.S. District Court Chief Judge Christina Reiss in Vermont in a decision released by the court Thursday. Advocates for seniors say coverage is often mistakenly denied simply because the beneficiary reaches “a plateau” and is no longer making progress.
FDA Warns of Allergic Reaction to Hand Sanitizers
FDA is warning that rare but serious allergic reactions have been reported with the widely used skin antiseptic products containing chlorhexidine gluconate. Although rare, the number of reports of serious allergic reactions to these products has increased over the last several years. See the FDA Drug Safety Communication for a data summary.
Saturday, February 4, 2017
OSHA Stopped Publishing Press Releases
It is like the US Government just shut down. The last press release from OSHA was on January 19, 2017, the day before Donald Trump was inaugurated as President.
After a robust effort under Obama Administration direction to help make the workplace safer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency created post the National Commission on Workers' Compensation (1972), has now just come to a screeching halt in the release of information.
After a robust effort under Obama Administration direction to help make the workplace safer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency created post the National Commission on Workers' Compensation (1972), has now just come to a screeching halt in the release of information.
Friday, February 3, 2017
President Trump's Immigration Ban
President Trump's Executive Order, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States is impacting some workers who seek workers' compensation benefits.
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