In New York and Louisiana, the amount of narcotics used by an average injured worker is found to be "striking."
While corporations can cut insurance expenses by taking on casualty risk themselves, the cost to post collateral might be prohibitive.
In some states, as many as one in six injured users end up using opioid medications for six to 12 months or more after their injuries.
CFOs deserve much more than rhetorical answers and industry dogma about attorney involvement, greedy health-care providers, liens, medical fraud and regulatory burdens.
Tracking operations data more closely led liquor distributor Young’s Market Company to employees who were committing fraud and theft.
Factors that can spur workers to hire lawyers include the severity of the injury and the employee’s relationship with the employer.
Regulators have rewritten the rules regarding the use of independent contractors, forcing companies to make hard choices &spamp;#8212; and possibly pay heavy fines.
