See my recent blog article about this subject. Another Elephant? – Lessons from the Comminsure Scandal Concerns have also been expressed about CommInsure’s excessive use of covert surveillance of claimants. See earlier blog articles on this subject Surveillance – Sharp Focus or Blunt Instrument? Surveillance Again!
Government Red-Tape Review – accreditation changes for doctors and rehab providers
The Government Red-Tape Review relating to Workers Compensation has reached the final consultation stage. Interestingly, the proposal relating to accreditation is that doctors will continue to need accreditation to issue a workers compensation certificate while workplace rehabilitation providers (WRP’s) will no longer need to be accredited. See my blog article about WRP accreditation: https://insultandinjury.org/2016/02/23/wrp-standards-at-risk-from-red-tape-reduction/
Towards Simplicity – Complex Case Management by Doctors
This article explains how proactive doctors can cut through the complexity of workers compensation systems for their patients and help them recover. Link to article on ‘Insult & Injury’ Blog
Information for IME Assessors and Expert Witnesses
Recently Tasmanian solicitors have started asking local Independent Medical Examiners (IME’s) to confirm compliance to Expert Witness Codes of Conduct in line with standard interstate practice. See link to Supreme Court Practice Directive below: Practice Direction 1 of 2016 – Expert Witness Code of Conduct It is also of note that the AMA recently updated its guidelines relevant […]
The Insult of Complexity
See my blog post summarising a presentation by Dr Jason Thompson at the ISCRR Research Forum held in Melbourne in December 2015. The Insult of Complexity
Insult & Injury Blog – What to expect in 2016
Here is a link to the recent blog post on Insult and Injury for those interested. Insult & injury Blog – What to expect in 2016
Holiday Period Closure
Hobart Occupational Medicine will be closed over the holiday period from Monday 21 December and re-open on Monday 11 January 2016 for business as usual. Dr Crowell will be in attendance at the practice on the morning of 06 January 2015, but Dr Sharman will not resume consulting until 11 January 2016. If you are a patient […]
Medical Dispute Resolution Survey – Last Days
We have had more than 75 people complete the survey, providing information about the views of people who attend the practice about IME assessments and whether they have had any experience with alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. I am planning to collate the results in final preparation for my presentation to the ALA Conference next week. […]
ISCRR Research Forum – Does Injury Compensation Cause Harm?
The Institute for Safety, Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR) is conducting a free research forum in Melbourne in early December on the important topic of potential for harm from compensation systems. For more information click this link: ISCRR Research Forum – Does Injury Compensation Cause Harm?
AMA Presents Reform Submission to the WorkCover Board
Neurosurgeon, Mr Andrew Hunn, AMA CEO, Mr Tony Steven and Occupational Physician, Dr Peter Sharman were invited to attend the September meeting of the WorkCover Board to present a submission about the AMA’s ideas for workers compensation reform. The centrepiece of the submission were ideas about how ‘complex’ cases can be streamed into an alternate […]
