Insights and Updates

Long Covid
As the intensity of COVID-19 pandemic fades, the Workers’ Compensation industry, as fate would have...

Covid Smell/ Taste Dysfunction
Continuing down the COVID road of smell and taste dysfunction, I noted in my last...

Covid-19 Presumption Statutes
In a recent QME Long COVID injury claim alleging that the source of contact with...

Treating Long Covid’s Mental Health Symptoms
FYI: This article from the L.A. Times is a good example of how information affects...

Care of the Soul
I recently ran across a book by Thomas Moore, a psychotherapist, who entitled his book...

Implications of a Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Diagnosis
The term “Functional Disorder” is an oxymoron – i.e., how can a disorder be functional?...

Corona Virus (Covid-19) and Workers’ Compensation
In my previous post: “COVID-19 Presumptive Statutes,” according to Labor Code 3212.86, a COVID-19 injury...

Cognitive Bias and Workers’ Compensation
In a recent World Economic Forum Article, Jono Hey at Sketchplantations discusses the concept of...

Cognitive Empathy and Disability Evaluation
In my previous post ‘Cognitive Bias and Workers’ Compensation,’ I noted that Cognitive Bias is...