T.J. Stevens works on the client side for a nationwide distribution company and is implementing a program designed to put the desires and needs of his employees first.  Using a common sense, and a back-to-basics approach, he’s hoping to save time, money and keep good employees on the job as well.  Find out more about T.J. and connect with him on LinkedIn HERE, or email him at [email protected].

Luis Amano, Community Relations Manager with Rehab Without Walls,  is fully aware of the impact he makes every day… and I’m pretty sure you’ll realize why and how in his story.  He’s a great example of a hero taking their exceptionality and changing the lives of others.

This week we talk with Tammy Boyd, Head of Global Sales for workerscompensation.com.  Tammy has a great story of how simply asking an Injured Worker about their likes and dislikes, motivations, and desires made a successful recovery possible.  Here’s a link to the book I referenced at the end of the show: The Rabbit Effect

Almost nothing has been predictable since March of 2020 and it seems like the world has been overwhelmed with one crisis after another.  Data and statistics can only go so far to help us understand the world around us, and what to do about things.  It’s people, human connections, those things that cannot be quantified that we all need to take the rest of the way.  Join Dr. Claire Muselman and Natalie Torres as they share their stories in Season 2’s first episode of ReAudio.

REAudio is super excited to be celebrating our 1-year anniversary next week, June 24th! 

On that date, we will be starting season 2 of ReAudio, and that means a change of focus.  We’re going to use this platform to start telling some stories of success.  Taking perspectives of Employers, Insurance Professionals, Injured Workers, Vendors, and other special guests.

Our guests will discuss stories of how a person, event, situation, or moment in time has changed their lives or the life of another... we want to tell it all.  

If you have a story to share, find us on Twitter @ReAudioPodcast.

Because stories are the way our minds process everything, there’s no better way to teach, inspire and grow than through the experiences of others.  Please join us for the ReMastered, ReInvigorated, and ReTooled ReAudio, debuting on June 24th.

Beginning the week of June 24th, we’ll be celebrating the anniversary of ReAudio with a change of pace.  We’re going to use this platform to start telling some stories of success!  Taking perspectives of Employers, Insurance Professionals, Injured Workers, Vendors and anyone else, even from outside of the industry, that has a story of how a person, event, situation or moment in time has changed theirs or someone else’s life.  If you have an idea or a story to tell, please email me at [email protected].  Here are the links to the stories mentioned in this week’s podcast:

Iowa Supreme Court lowers bar to get workers' comp for PTSD for first responders

Been Robbed?

First-year employees are more at risk of workplace injuries – Travelers study

 It seems the further we get from the very difficult, confusing, and high point of the pandemic, there is some dust settling.  So, we’ll highlight some interesting COVID stories as well as some things dealing with risk, employees, physical therapy… and something we hope will make you laugh.  Links to the articles are below: 

Revealed - Strongest Risk Factor Impacting Workers' Comp COVID Claims

Causation Questions Limit COVID Comp Claims

Workers’ Comp and COVID: An American Failure

5 Workers’ Comp Risks to Monitor and Mitigate All Summer Long

Why These Novel Physical Therapy Strategies Are Getting Attention from Workers’ Comp

I don’t know about you, but I get a ton of emails every day containing industry info from different outlets.  Some are good, some are unfavorable, and some are outright obscure.  It’s impossible to get through all of it, so we thought, for the next few weeks, we’d present highlights of what I received and give you a high-level overview of some that stuck out.  Here are links to the articles, so you can read them more in-depth:

Workers’ Comp Claims from 10 Years of Legal Cannabis in Colorado Reveal a Boring Trend

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2022/05/16/667882.htm?print

Solicitor General to Justices: Just Say No to Workers' Comp Marijuana Cases

https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022 

3 Common Misconceptions About Workers’ Compensation … And 3 Things You Should Know

https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/3-common

So You Want To Be A Workers Comp Consultant – 10 Ideas To Start

https://www.workerscompensation.com/news_read 

This week we’ll finish our conversation with ReEmployAbility's Director of IT, Abby Torres.   She’ll go over some suggestions to help you better embrace new technology, how it’s making our industry more efficient, essentially making your life easier, and a little of the “why” behind IT strategy.  

Giving a lot of credit… our story is adapted from “Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects” by Bill P, Todd Weber & Sara S. from Hazelden Publishing.

ReEmployAbility Director of IT, Abby Torres, will discuss with us over the next few weeks how technology has a positive effect on the workers' comp industry and some things you can do if you find yourself a bit resistant to embrace new updates, platforms, processes and all the other fun stuff that may seem to complicate our lives.