Published Articles

December 30, 2011

directory of selected articles, papers, consulting topics

Consulting and writing engagements have addressed, under the overarching heading of risk management, insurer strategies, claims handling, information technology, medical care, marketing to insurers, corporate risk management, and financial reporting. See below for an extended list of topics.

In addition to risk management topics, I also monitor closely trends in immigrant labor. Please go to www.workingimmmigrants.com, a blog I manage.

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December 29, 2011

directory of posted articles

How to master chronic pain.
A four-point strategy.

Historical cycles in workers comp.
Major waves from 1900 on.

How TPAs manipulate pricing.
Be careful about sub-contracting.

How to manage layoffs in a recession.
Two experts suggest strategies to contain excessive claims.

The effects of ageing on work injury risk
How ageing influences injuries and duration of disability is more subtle than we assume..

Three errors doctors make.

I I identify the three most costly errors in treating injured workers.

Keys to superior injury management.
I lay out the five dimensions of superior injury management.

The Insurance cycle under the microscope
I examine the insurance cycle of the 1990s - early 2000s for lessons about how the cycle happens, and how to avoid the worst consequences.

Faster, cheaper, better with IT!
I example productivity breakthroughs through information technology.

How Zenith National Insurance succeeds
This Woodland Hill, CA based workers comp insurer has prevailed in two tough workers comp markets. How does it do it?

How to allocate cost of risk in an organization
I report on a survey among risk managers and a search for the best methods.

To reduce risks look at the minutae
Often small events signal big things


The case of the 51 year old mason
This severely injured mason recovered quickly. Here's how.

How to show that safety pays
I show how safety can be pitched as a business improvement.


A driving safety breakthrough?

Using fast feedback to train drivers.

Patient lifting technology: a great case study
No lift technology can reduce injuries and improve quality of care. So why do only a minority of nursing homes use it? Read this case study.


Digging into The Work Fatality Puzzle
For most high risk work, opportunities exist greatly to reduce the odds of death or major injury.

December 28, 2011

- How to master the chronic pain challenge

A four-point strategy drawn from successes nationwide.

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December 27, 2011

- Historical cycles in workers comp, 1900 - 2011

The rise and fall of leading occupational conditions.

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April 16, 2006

- The World Trade Center cleanup disaster

The aftermath of 9/11 was the worst occupational disaster in America since the use of asbestos.

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- How to manage layoffs in a recession economy

In this column, I talk with experts on how to prevent a surge of claims when laying off workers.

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- Three errors doctors make

I identify the three most costly errors in treating injured workers.

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