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AI and Workers' Comp - Summary of ARPA presentation

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The recent Australian Association of Rehabilitation Providers (ARPA) Roundtable meeting in Perth provided an opportunity to speak on how AI is and will impact workerscompensation. AI will not change the functions of any disability insurance or workerscompensation systems.

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Bill Proposes to Increase Benefits for Some Injured Workers and Dependents

Workers' Compensation

Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia filed the legislation to institute additional workers' compensation supplemental benefits on June 13, 2024, and Assemblyman Inganamort co-sponsored it. Benefit amount is reduced by some Social Security benefits and employer disability pensions. Annual COLA adjustments begin July 1, 2025.

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Implementing AI for Workers’ Compensation Law Firms and Insurance Companies

Workers' Compensation

Artificial intelligence [AI] opens new frontiers for workerscompensation law firms and insurance companies. Last week, Google announced new applications that will vastly expand how workerscompensation claims can be serviced, managed, and supported.

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Moments that Matter

Florida Workers' Comp

In this little corner of the world that is workers' compensation, are there events that merit retention and attention as those that "matter right now?" There would be perhaps unanimous agreement as to a few: Wisconsin's passage of the first successful workers' compensation law (1911). I would suggest there are several.

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Can a worker claim workers’ compensation for COVID-19 exposure, illness or quarantine?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

[The following is a general response to questions from students in workerscompensation, disability management, and workplace insurance courses. While prevention, control, and treatment questions top the list, workerscompensation questions are being raised. The short answer is “Yes”.

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Mental Injuries- Part 3: Implications for Disability Insurers and Workers’ Compensation

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workerscompensation systems. The observed rise in workerscompensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Handwringing over costs often misses this underlying premise.

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Mental Injuries: Workers' Compensation and Disability Insurance Part 2

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Last time, we outlined the growth in mental disorder/psychological injury claims in workers' compensation and related workplace insurance programs. On the disability insurance side, this shift has meant changes to policies and procedures. The toughen-up attitude still exists.