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Two lawsuits would require Uber et al. to treat drivers as employees, not contractors, and provide full benefits -- ending a major innovation.

Private equity firms are showing great interest in buying workers' comp services firms, and that will likely persist for four reasons.

The workers' comp industry clearly requires change but seems to be impervious. Some healthy disrespect, a la Google's Larry Page, could help.

A worker failed a drug test -- so a physician prescribed medical marijuana! And an appeals court in New Mexico supported the doctor!

Unfortunately, we in the workers' comp industry operate by the book and spend too little time thinking about others' perceptions.

While a recent WCRI study is being used to argue against having physicians dispense drugs, the data can be interpreted more innocently.

Some physical therapist networks are routinely and inappropriately adding $15 to $19 of charges for each office visit.

A review of 15,000 tests shows that they cut the number of workers' comp claims and reduce handling costs.