2 good signs: Momentum building & mechanisms appearing
You’ll be pleased to hear about two developments that are good signs for the transition away from the fee for service payment model in healthcare and towards payment for outcomes. Buy-in among...
View ArticleKeeping Jenny Weast Employed May Take a Village
Jenny Weast’s predicament appears to be a perfect example of how today’s “system” encourages dependency instead of independence among people with disabilities — and increases the barriers to work...
View ArticleMy “mini-manifesto” to reduce spine disability
You may be interested in the “mini-manifesto” I delivered this past Saturday 7/18 at the Spine 10×25 Research Summit in Chicago hosted by the North American Spine Foundation. They have declared a...
View ArticleWho should be accountable for NEEDLESS job loss due to medical conditions?
Who do you think should be held accountable when workers needlessly lose their jobs because a newly-acquired or changed health condition or disability? Right now, none of the professional participants...
View ArticleOvercoming fear of sharing our work with others
It’s scary to make a suggestion or share a work sample on a social networking site or a list serv in an effort to help less expert colleagues. There’s a risk that an even-more-expert colleague will...
View ArticleVideo on tools & techniques to aid recovery & RTW
You may like watching the video of a group discussion on Tools to Aid Recovery and Return to Work that was presented (and recorded) via Blab yesterday. It was a stimulating exchange of ideas about...
View ArticleCMS announces where they will start transforming physician payment plans
If like me you’ve been kinda following Federal physician payment reform (and hoping that what is learned there there will lead to payment reform in the private sector or maybe even workers’...
View ArticleTwo faulty beliefs about IMEs & impartial physicians
Patients and their advocates tend to be skeptical about independent medical opinions. There are legitimate reasons to be concerned. However, I want to point out two common but faulty beliefs that...
View ArticleWhy Public-Private Collaboration Is Necessary to Prevent Work Disability
My goal now is to raise awareness about the need for concerted governmental, philanthropic, and private sector action to find better ways to support the millions of workers who lose their livelihoods...
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