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... Compensation process. 4. Safety and Wellness Begin to Integrate. Although it's reasonable to postulate that healthy workers are less prone to injury and, once injured, recover more quickly than their out-of-shape co-workers, corporate silos have typically separated risk management departments from benefits management. New research, an aging workforce, court cases, tight budgets and anxiety over healthcare reform are causing employers to recognize the relationship between safety and wellness. The recent Obesity 2010 NCCI Research Brief confirms that work-related injuries are far more costly and more likely to result in ... a faster rate than the medical consumer price index and now represent 58 percent of claims. An important study, "Impact of Cost Intensive Physicians on Workers Compensation" by Edward Bernacki, MD and his team at Johns Hopkins, appeared in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in January 2010. Using five years' closed claim data from the Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp., they studied claims that began with reserves less than $15,000, but migrated to reserves of +/ -$ 50,000. Of those ... timely fashion about the status of the claim to prevent misunderstandings so the worker does not mistakenly conclude that the claim has been denied. Eliminate system features that encourage denials or payment delays to help prevent worker's misconstruing a delay as a denial. 7. Misclassification of Independent Contractors: A Hot Issue. Both federal and state agencies stepped up their oversight of the classification of independent contractors in 2010. In addition, the number of worker class-action lawsuits against employers relating to independent contractors rose 50% in the same year to a record 300 ...