by Melissa Day | Aug 23, 2015 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
COMPLIANCE MONITORING, AKA “CLAIMS HANDLING PERFORMANCE” – THE BOARD IS WATCHING YOU PART I The board has created a new Monitoring Unit with a stated mission of promoting excellence and claims handling practices and to provide system participants in the general public...
by Melissa Day | Aug 10, 2015 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Test Your NY Workers’ Compensation Chops As promised, here are the answers to the quiz posted last week. How did you do? Do you have M.A.D. skills? 1. What is the Special Funds WCL § 15(8)(d) reimbursement form and what are the time frames for seeking reimbursement...
by Melissa Day | Aug 7, 2015 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Average Wages? Cost-Containment by Controlling the Fundamentals This posting began with the goal of presenting a simple primer on calculating average weekly wages. We spend a great deal of time looking for cost-containment and mitigation measures in every claim that...
by Melissa Day | Aug 5, 2015 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
WE NOW HAVE THE NON-ACUTE PAIN TREATMENT GUIDELINES BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? You may be asking, why would the implementation of the Non-Acute Pain Treatment Guidelines even matter? Why would you want to ensure a pain management treatment provider comes into...
by Melissa Day | Aug 3, 2015 | MAD News, NYS Workers Compensation
Here is a quiz to test your NY Workers’ Compensation knowledge. Do you have MAD skills? Answers will be published as a separate post in one week. To obtain an answer key immediately, contact mday@getMAD.today. What is the Special Funds WCL § 15(8)(d) reimbursement...
