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Back Injuries
- 5 Simple Tips for Preventing Winter Slip and Falls at Work - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
Blog
- Today OSHA Celebrates National Young Worker Safety Day - Comments (0)
- New OSHA Alliance Intended to Protect Safety & Health of Transgender Workers - Comments (0)
- Today, Workers’ Memorial Day Honors Deceased Workers - Comments (0)
- Workplace Emergencies: OSHA’s 7 Components of Effective Response Systems - Comments (0)
- Colorado Workers’ Compensation Claim Timelines: A Helpful Overview - Comments (0)
- 2015 Colorado Workers’ Comp Insurance Premiums Won’t Increase for Many Employers - Comments (0)
- 5 Simple Tips for Preventing Winter Slip and Falls at Work - Comments (0)
- New Program Will Try to Reduce Fatal Falls for Cell Tower Technicians - Comments (0)
- Is Workplace Noise Exposure “A Growing National Problem”? The ATA Thinks So… - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
- Fatal Work Injury News: Deadliest Cities for American Workers - Comments (0)
- Cold Weather Injuries and How Outdoor Workers Can Avoid Them - Comments (0)
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)
- An Overview of Whole Person Ratings - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 1) - Comments (0)
Claim Deadlines
Cold Weather Injuries
- 5 Simple Tips for Preventing Winter Slip and Falls at Work - Comments (0)
- Cold Weather Injuries and How Outdoor Workers Can Avoid Them - Comments (0)
Colorado Workers' Compensation
- Colorado Workers’ Compensation Claim Timelines: A Helpful Overview - Comments (0)
- 2015 Colorado Workers’ Comp Insurance Premiums Won’t Increase for Many Employers - Comments (0)
- 5 Simple Tips for Preventing Winter Slip and Falls at Work - Comments (0)
- Is Workplace Noise Exposure “A Growing National Problem”? The ATA Thinks So… - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
- Fatal Work Injury News: Deadliest Cities for American Workers - Comments (0)
- Cold Weather Injuries and How Outdoor Workers Can Avoid Them - Comments (0)
- An Overview of Whole Person Ratings - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 1) - Comments (0)
Fall Injuries
- New Program Will Try to Reduce Fatal Falls for Cell Tower Technicians - Comments (0)
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)
Fatal Work Injuries
- New Program Will Try to Reduce Fatal Falls for Cell Tower Technicians - Comments (0)
- Fatal Work Injury News: Deadliest Cities for American Workers - Comments (0)
Head Injuries
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)
Hearing Loss
Ladder Safety Tips
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)
Permanent Disabilities
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- An Overview of Whole Person Ratings - Comments (0)
Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 1) - Comments (0)
Uncategorized
- ICAO Sets Aside Permanent Total Disability Benefits Award for Failure to Endorse Issue at Time of Hearing on Permanent Partial Disability Benefits - Comments (0)
- New Address for Office of Administrative Courts and Hearings in Colorado Springs - Comments (0)
- Court of Appeals upholds Administrative Law Judge’s application of “Significant Causative Factor” Test to Deny Permanent Total Disability Benefits to a Worker Without Prior Permanent Restrictions - Comments (0)
- Division of Workers’ Compensation Electronic Filing Moved to New Web Address - Comments (0)
- Legislature Proposes New Tax to Fund Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program - Comments (0)
- Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Compensability Under Personal Risks Doctrine - Comments (0)
- Division of Workers’ Compensation to Soon to Issue “Medical Treatment Guidelines Reference Guide for Adjusters” - Comments (0)
- REMINDER: Statutory Changes to the Designated Provider List - Comments (0)
- Claimant’s Attorney’s Negligence May Be a Reasonable Excuse for Failure to File a Claim Within the Two-Year Statute of Limitations - Comments (0)
- Employee’s Cost of Converting Health Insurance Under COBRA - Comments (0)
- CMS Issues Notice of Hydrocodone Combination Product Coverage Changes for WCMSA Proposals Submitted on or after January 1, 2015 - Comments (0)
- Holders of Certificate of Insurance Required to be Notified of Cancellation of Workers’ Compensation Policy - Comments (0)
- Changes to DWC Electronic Filing - Comments (0)
- Travel to and from Work Compensable if Job Requires Use of Automobile - Comments (0)
- Notice of Rule Hearing – Proposed Changes to W.C.R.P. 5 – Claims Adjusting Requirements - Comments (0)
- New Information re: Collection of Prescription Drug Information for WCMSAs - Comments (0)
- Muddying the Waters on What Constitutes Horseplay - Comments (0)
- Medical Fee Schedule Addresses Compound Medications - Comments (0)
- CMS Issues Updated WCMSA Reference Guide - Comments (0)
- Calculation of Lump Sums in Excess of $60,000 - Comments (0)
- Statutory Changes – Designated Provider List - Comments (0)
- Statutory Changes – Reimbursement to Claimant to Attend an IME - Comments (0)
- Division Posts 2014 Compensation Rates – New Lump Sum Maximum - Comments (0)
- “Significant Causative Factor” Applied to Deny Permanent Total Disability Benefits to a Worker Without Prior Permanent Restrictions - Comments (0)
- Failure to Pay Mileage Reimbursement Timely not a Violation of W.C.R.P. 16-11(A) - Comments (0)
- CMS Adds Self-Administration Page to Its Website - Comments (0)
- SSDI Offset Calculated Using 52 Weeks - Comments (0)
- DWC Posts Form for Abandonment of Claim - Comments (0)
- Supreme Court Sets New Standard of Compensability for Unexplained Falls - Comments (0)
- Updated Life Tables Required for WCMSAs - Comments (0)
- Recent Changes to the Workers’ Compensation Rules of Procedure - Comments (0)
- DWC Prehearings and Settlement Unit Address Change - Comments (0)
- Mileage Rate Increase - Comments (0)
- An Administrative Law Judge Has No Authority to Extend the Time for a Respondent to Take a Position on a Division IME Physician’s Impairment Rating - Comments (0)
- New Website Address for Electonic Filings - Comments (0)
- CMS Publishes New WCMSA Reference Guide - Comments (0)
- The Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) affects Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangements - Comments (0)
- The Respondents May Bear the Burden of Proving Previously-Admitted Maintenance Medical Treatment No Longer Reasonable and Necessary - Comments (0)
- An Order Denying an Attempt to Overcome a Division IME Physician’s Findings on MMI Only is not an Appealable Order - Comments (0)
- DIME Physician’s Opinion on Causal Relationship May Have No Presumptive Weight in Hearing on Permanent Total Disability Benefits - Comments (0)
- An Administrative Law Judge May Deny a Penalty on the Merits for Failure to Plead Specific Grounds for Penalty - Comments (0)
- An Order Denying “Compensability” Only is Not an Appealable Order - Comments (0)
- Updated CMS Regional Contacts – Revised - Comments (0)
- New Social Security Administration Release of Information Form - Comments (0)
- Clay Thornton, Esq., Leaving Picardi Law Firm - Comments (0)
- Updated CMS Regional Contacts - Comments (0)
- All Authorized Treating Physicians Must Refuse to Treat in Order for the Right of Selection to Pass to the Injured Worker - Comments (0)
- Division of Workers’ Compensation Proposed Changes to Procedural Rules 16 and 18 - Comments (0)
- 2013 Amendments to Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act - Comments (0)
- Statutory Changes to the Division IME Procedure - Comments (0)
- Very Little Required to Avoid Closure Pursuant to Final Admission - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-aside Account Submission Errors - Comments (0)
- An ALJ Cannot Order Reimbursement Between Carriers on a Closed Claim - Comments (0)
- Statutory Cap Does Not Apply Until the Act Permits Respondent to Terminate Temporary Disability Benefits - Comments (0)
- Benzodiazepines and Barbiturates Now Included in WCMSAs - Comments (0)
- Proposed Legislation Changing Time to Respond to Division IME Report - Comments (0)
- Penalties for Failure to Reimburse Claimant for Medical Treatment - Comments (0)
- Employer Required to Tender Designated Provider List Even When Employee Declines Medical Treatment - Comments (0)
- Request for Re-evaluation of Medicare Set-aside Arrangements - Comments (0)
- Division Repeals Requirement for Final Payment Notice - Comments (0)
- Colorado House Bill Seeks to Prevent Employers from Requiring Employees to Release Passwords to Social Networking Sites - Comments (0)
- Bill Proposes Amendment to Liability of Statutory Employer - Comments (0)
- Penalties for Failure to Contest or Pay Medical Bills Timely - Comments (0)
- CMS to Utilize Updated Life Tables for Life Expectancy on MSAs - Comments (0)
- Mileage Rate for 2013 - Comments (0)
- Attorney’s Fees for Failing to Introduce Evidence at Hearing in Support of Endorsed Issue - Comments (0)
- Administrative Law Judge Cannot Extend Time to Challenge Division IME Findings; Improper Communication in a Division IME not a Basis to Strike Report as a Matter of Law - Comments (0)
- Bill Proposes Creating a Presumption that Heart Attack of a Firefighter Caused by Work - Comments (0)
- Authorized Treating Physician’s Restrictions not Dispositive in Claim for Permanent Total Disability Benefits - Comments (0)
- Medical Treatise re: Long-term Outcomes of Lumbar Fusion in Workers’ Compensation Claims - Comments (0)
- Settlement of Claims Against Statutory Employers - Comments (0)
- Deadline to Request Specific Findings Jurisdictional and Cannot Be Extended - Comments (0)
- Picardi on Faculty of Continuing Legal Education Seminar - Comments (0)
- Division’s Request for Information on Old Claims - Comments (0)
- Disfigurement for a Limp - Comments (0)
- Attorney’s Fees for Requesting a Hearing on Unripe Issues - Comments (0)
- Denver Workers Compensation Attorney - Comments (0)
Whole Person Ratings
- An Overview of Whole Person Ratings - Comments (0)
Workers' Compensation Fraud
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- 5 Things to Know about Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Fraud (Part 1) - Comments (0)
Workplace Injuries
- 5 Simple Tips for Preventing Winter Slip and Falls at Work - Comments (0)
- New Program Will Try to Reduce Fatal Falls for Cell Tower Technicians - Comments (0)
- Is Workplace Noise Exposure “A Growing National Problem”? The ATA Thinks So… - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Preventing Workplace Back Injuries with Office Ergonomics (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 2) - Comments (0)
- Workers’ Compensation Benefits vs. Social Security Disability Benefits (Pt. 1) - Comments (0)
- Fatal Work Injury News: Deadliest Cities for American Workers - Comments (0)
- Cold Weather Injuries and How Outdoor Workers Can Avoid Them - Comments (0)
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)
- An Overview of Whole Person Ratings - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 2) - Comments (0)
- Traumatic Brain Injury Facts and Statistics (Part 1) - Comments (0)
Workplace Safety
- Cold Weather Injuries and How Outdoor Workers Can Avoid Them - Comments (0)
- Ladder Safety Tips to Prevent Fall Injuries - Comments (0)