The opioid crisis is hitting home in a lot of areas — but Ohio is one of the states most severely affected because it is seen as critical to the “pipeline” of drugs that is making it around the nation. Well, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently announced that it will be taking steps that are designed to keep…

Good news! The insurance company handling your workers’ compensation claim has just assigned a nurse case manager (NCM) to your case. The NCM is going to communicate with your medical providers about your medical needs, help arrange for services and, ultimately, facilitate your return to work. Sounds great, right? Well, don’t you believe it. Nurse Case Managers are typically registered…

The purpose of the workers’ compensation program is to provide financial assistance for the medical treatments you need as a result of your injury, as well as for daily expenses while you are out of work. Any type of injury you receive or disease you develop qualifies as long as it happened while doing your job and you were not intentionally…