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• Workplace Injuries (13)
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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

• Colorado Workers’ Compensation Claim Timelines: A Helpful Overview - Comments (0)

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

• Is Workplace Noise Exposure “A Growing National Problem”? The ATA Thinks So… - Comments (0)

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)