MaryRose Reaston

A new idea in telemedicine, doctor triage, is reducing costs in workers' comp while providing more flexibility for doctors and injured workers.

With the advancement of telehealth and mobile workforces, an exciting concept has emerged to assist employers and employees to take control of their body and provide better quality of life. This new concept is Yoga Your Way.

The decision in Negron v. Progressive makes it more important to document workers' physical condition before any possible injury.

Doctors can't always know if an injury is work-related, but a test can provide a baseline for evaluating each worker.

Marten Transport had an ROI of 3.7 to 1 in its workers' comp program from baseline testing of employees.

A complication related to Obamacare means that Medicaid can soon demand reimbursement from workers' comp settlements.

Soft tissue injury is extremely common but hard to diagnose and subject to unnecessary and expensive treatment. EFA provides a better tool.

With the implementation of ICD-10 approaching fast, the reclassification of obesity will dramatically affect workers’ compensation and ADA cases.

Three years of data show the testing can help determine if an injury occurred at work, head off false claims and improve treatment.

Perform tests to set a baseline before an injury occurs, then conduct the same tests after an injury and compare the two.

Tools commonly used in workers' comp, including MRIs, can be overly sensitive and lead to overtreatment.

Baseline programs such as the EFA-STM ensure that the employee and employer are protected and take the sting out of the new classification by the AMA for obesity.|