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Plaintiffs challenged workers' comp's exclusive remedy provision based on exposure to work-related asbestos outside the workplace.

Often, a P.O. Box is all the identification a doctor puts on a bill. With three additional data elements, payers can use powerful analytics.

"No fault" isn't no fault. "Exclusive remedy" isn't exclusive. And the century-old "grand bargain" in workers' comp will keep changing.

The presence of two or more should prompt independent agents to raise concerns about fraud and spur further investigation.

Data can be your biggest asset in workers' comp, but you must reexamine all the processes you use to collect, analyze and report it.

The measure for workers' comp outcomes is deeply flawed, yet, defying Einstein's definition of insanity, we keep using it.

A crazy case of workers' comp fraud involving a local judge, a cemetery, painkillers and the lid of a toilet tank.

Absolutely crucial: A WCRI study found that fear of being fired was associated with four additional weeks for the employee on disability.