You may all already be aware of this. I had heard rumors, but today it appears to be true. At the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's event entitled "Disability Policy for the 21st

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has just released a follow-up paper that Tom Wickizer, Kim Burton and I wrote on how to implement a Community-Focused Health & Work Service. Our

We arranged to do the briefing in a Senate office building to maximize the attendance by Congressional staff. Unfortunately, that has meant we won’t be recording the briefing the way would if we

HI, Thanks for this. Will there be a video recording available for those that can’t attend? Cheers ​​​​​ Jason Parker, B.HK Work Disability Consultant PH:

Jack, will this event be recorded?

Colleagues, Next week Tuesday, June 4th, we have a panel for Congressional staff focused on early intervention for newly ill and injured workers. Jennifer Christian and Gary Franklin, experts

Thanks Marc, I will be out of town. Is it on webinar or recorded? Jason Turner, Executive Director Secretaries' Innovation Group Cell: 414-839-6671

HI folks, I wanted to make sure you were all aware of the event we’ll be holding on June 6th here in Washington, DC. (See below.) Among the speakers include Jamie Wilson – who is OMB’s

Hello, RETAINers – Here are two documents that should be very helpful for those who are responsible for planning, training, and supervising the delivery of one-on-one SAW/RTW interventions with

Let’s build our awareness of the economic pressures that employers face – especially the well-meaning ones who want to do “the right thing”. See data below from the Bureau of Labor

Jack, Thanks for your letter. I am keeping track of your thoughtful papers. One issue I hope you can raise is the need for information about the duration of disability from the date of start of

Colleagues, We’ve published a brief that has a lot of relevance for the RETAIN effort, especially the second blog described below. It is the third brief in Urban’s New Direction for

This is helpful and as I think about the nudge theory, it would appear that there is a role for how education, directional messaging and loss minimization messages are designed and delivered.....think

A lot of people with whom you need to collaborate in RETAIN may not be familiar with (or buy into) the concept of secondary prevention of work disability – or said another way, the techniques that

The SWAP study (Study of Work and Pain) in the UK successfully improved work outcomes by embedding vocational advisors in primary care practices who provided guidance [relatively] early in

Jack, I am lucky that I got your email, by way of the RETAIN list. I write on workers compensation and have been for some time. I am probably the only well read columnist in workers comp who pays

Colleagues, I am starting a series of briefs that may be of interest to you as it should help to put the RETAIN pilots into a broader context . A New Direction for Disability Policy examines how

Hello all – I really really hope / recommend that you read – and especially that you request (require?) the “system level” agency people involved in your RETAIN group to read -- pages 1-9 of

Bottom line: In 2018, substantially less than half of private industry workers had access to short-term disability insurance plans -- and only a third to long-term plans. A quarter of state and

Dear state RETAIN program people: Unless you create a shared vision of what “good” looks like, you may find it difficult to build a common sense of purpose among the participants,