May 17th is World Hypertension Day!
May is National Hypertension Awareness Month High blood pressure—or hypertension—is a major risk factor for heart disease according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. It reports that half of Americans have high [...]
Hey Doc: Do You Really Want to Stop Your Patients From Smoking?
For patients who can’t quit smoking there are several reduced-harm alternatives. None of these alternative nicotine products are safe. They should not be used except as substitutes by patients who can’t quit. Below [...]
Workers’ Compensation – The News Continues to be Good For Some, Not So Good For Others (August 2023)
AM Best is the largest credit rating agency in the world specializing in the insurance industry. In a new report it characterized the workers’ compensation line of insurance as a “profit engine” for [...]
Workers’ Compensation – “And The Money Keeps Rolling In” – To Insurers – Take 3 (January 2023)
Since our last post in February 2021 reveals that the “unprecedented level of underwriting success” has continued unabated.
