Firefighters get injured in the line of duty on many occasions such as when rescuing people from burning buildings, in traffic accidents involving fire department emergency vehicles responding to or returning from incidents, from activities at a non-fire scene, and...
Workers’ compensation benefits are paid to employees injured or taken ill at work. It includes coverage for medical treatment, lost wages, compensation for permanent partial disability and permanent...
The medical aspects of a workers’ compensation claim are made clear by a medical chart review company that assists attorneys with such claims. However, attorneys, insurers and doctors dealing with...
The COVID-19 epidemic has raised many challenges for businesses, with the threat of an increase in occupational illnesses looming high. Though the full impact of the virus cannot be accurately...
According to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), shipyards are high-risk working environments compared to that of other jobs - the accident and injury rate is more than twice...
Workers’ compensation benefits are available for employees who have been hurt on the job through no fault of their own. Employers and insurers need to ensure that the workers’ compensation claims...
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy is slowly starting to recover, and business activity for various organizations including medical review companies like ours will also slowly...
While the COVID 19 pandemic continues its destructive course across the globe, many measures are being taken at all levels to contain the spread of this virus. Employers in all industry sectors,...
COVID-19, the new strain of coronavirus and a deadly one at that, is causing increasing concern to organizations and governments across the world. For organizations, the major challenge is to figure...
Dental injuries sustained at the workplace may be compensable and would entail a medical record review to understand the nature and extent of the injury. From the point of view of workers’...
A worker sustaining an injury or contracting a job-related illness is eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Medical record analysis forms an important part of the eligibility determination...