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  1. Ga Ct of apps decides to prevent ex parte talks with treating MD.Claims will now take longer & be more expensive.
  2. Common mistakes from supervisors discussed on Linked In Panel discussion at tinyurl.com/3pnnyl5
  3. @WCEmployersatty Great experience on Atlanta Business radio. Excellent hosts, lively conversation and Great discussion of WC Topics.
  4. Kevin Skedsvold appearing on http://acceleratoravenue.businessradiox.com/372 on Friday 3/4/11 at 12noon. Will discuss WC topics.
  5. @WorkersCompKit Social Security is too easy to get b/c despite impact on employer in WC, employer cannot contest SSA finding of perm total
  6. Attending a technology seminar including e-discovery issues. I think I might have to pay more attention to my emails.
  7. With your subcontractors, a few minutes checking on the validity and current status of their certificates of insurance will save time and $$
  8. Do you have a problem employee? Does his personnel file prove that? Then get rid of him.Don't allow bad employees to fester into a WC claim.
  9. Want to know what the SBWC is thinking? Try searching their decisions on Published Awards tab of SBWC.Georgia.gov site.
  10. Deadline for filing of annual reporting of Med-only cases (WC26) is 3/1/2011.
  11. If No ones life,liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session,Ga employers and insurers should rest easy this year.
  12. SB7 (no WC benefits to illegal aliens) appears dead in Ga Legislature. Bill still in committee and sponsor isn't pushing it.
  13. Do Injured workers benefit from Spinal Fusion?Industry experts suggest not. Follow the discussion at http://www.miniurl.com/93867.
  14. @WorkersCompKit excellent point! Outside counsel needs to be more competitive. Keeps us attorneys honest and aggressive.
  15. Employers:return your injured workers to duty.The example to some will be that you've got their back, to others that they have to work for $
  16. The course of a WC claim is set in the first 10 minutes after injury. How does the employer handle it, does anyone act like they care?
  17. Got control of medical?Ask supervisors to explain WC treatment to you. If they can't explain it, what chance do your injured workers have?
  18. Senate Bill 7 proposes to deny all benefits to illegals. Good idea? Probably not. See why at http://www.miniurl.com/92219
  19. How would you reform WC? See industry expert suggestions at http://www.miniurl.com/88981
  20. Is WC irrelevent today? I would submit not. See the discussion on linked in: http://www.miniurl.com/87647