The Workplace

[BDBohnzie]

It's weird that at home when you pop popcorn in the microwave, it doesn't fill the house too badly, yet at work, it spreads like wildfire. I have a bag of kettle korn that I may pop this afternoon...but we shall see.

I have the luxury of working about 3 minutes from my house, so I make it a point to go home every day to have lunch. That way, I get up from my desk and get out for a while.

For the most part, I work in a decent environment, where my co-workers have respect for each other. Our privacy is limited (wide open cubicles), but it could be much worse. My wife telecommutes 2 days a week now, and while I could do the same, it's just as easy for me to come into the office to work since I live so close. When I worked in Falls Church, I telecommuted on Fridays and on piss-poor weather days, but I found that worked much longer days when I worked from home.

[celts32]

Someone in my office cooks brussel sprouts in a toaster oven...the smell is so bad my eyes tear.

As for the popcorn...mocrowave popcorn is disgusting in general even when not burned. Take a couple extra minutes and get out the real popcorn and pop it in some healthy sunflower oil...delicous. Well anyway...i guess thats something you can't really do at work.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by celts32

Someone in my office cooks brussel sprouts in a toaster oven...the smell is so bad my eyes tear.

As for the popcorn...mocrowave popcorn is disgusting in general even when not burned. Take a couple extra minutes and get out the real popcorn and pop it in some healthy sunflower oil...delicous. Well anyway...i guess thats something you can't really do at work.

That's the best way to make popcorn, old school style. Heat up some oil in a big pot, add about a cup of kernels, melt down some real butter... damn I think I know what I'm having for a snack this weekend!

[mredskins]

If I began to write in this thread about my office, I miss Memorial Day. Other then great pay, never a minute more then 40 hours a week and it is a mile from my house I would have left years ago, my co-workers drive me that crazy.

[SmootSmack]

The Truth about Colossus: Are You Just A Magnetic Image?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

The Truth about Colossus: Are You Just A Magnetic Image?

Interesting. I've worked for 3 insurance companies and I've never heard of it. In fact I've never used any sort of software for determining settlement values of claims. Sure would be nice to use as a guide though.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Interesting. I've worked for 3 insurance companies and I've never heard of it. In fact I've never used any sort of software for determining settlement values of claims. Sure would be nice to use as a guide though.

yeah we just got a copy of collusus. pretty damning stuff in there for the way that particular insurance company determines what value to set for a PI auto neg claim. of course now that the secret is out of the bag and attys know what triggers bumps in the settlement offers, they will change their mathematical equation like approach.

kinda like how an automaker determines whether they would save more money by recalling defective vehicles and fixing them vs just letting accidents happen then hope your attorneys can limit the settlements.

geez workers comp is no picnic. so happy i do mostly auto neg with federal suits and rape cases thrown in there.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

yeah we just got a copy of collusus. pretty damning stuff in there for the way that particular insurance company determines what value to set for a PI auto neg claim. of course now that the secret is out of the bag and attys know what triggers bumps in the settlement offers, they will change their mathematical equation like approach.

kinda like how an automaker determines whether they would save more money by recalling defective vehicles and fixing them vs just letting accidents happen then hope your attorneys can limit the settlements.

geez workers comp is no picnic. so happy i do mostly auto neg with federal suits and rape cases thrown in there.

WC is a nightmare, claims go on forever, the medical providers are corupt, and the attorneys are ambulance chasers. Spitzer pushed through a lot of legislation before he left but the system still needs a lot of work.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

WC is a nightmare, claims go on forever, the medical providers are corupt, and the attorneys are ambulance chasers. Spitzer pushed through a lot of legislation before he left but the system still needs a lot of work.

Does the system in NY require getting pre approvals and the use of codes for ever procedure done on a patient?

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

WC is a nightmare, claims go on forever, the medical providers are corupt, and the attorneys are ambulance chasers. Spitzer pushed through a lot of legislation before he left but the system still needs a lot of work.

yup we dont touch em anymore.

matty i have a lil secret for you. doctors reduce their bills to the client after we settle and you cut the check. lol like you dont know that already thoo. but thats it, thats the only unwritten trick we have.

FD - your probably ref to CPT codes, which as collusus touches on, the more CPT codes a client/patient has, the more a computer printout shows the injuries and treatment, the more they will get paid.

we used to write out the treatments rec'd in our demands but found that adjusters werent reading and considering every treatment all the time. with CPT codes, the adjuster just plugs in the codes or counts them and the adjuster has a full data-code driven idea of the treatment. is my understanding of this correct?

so freakin ready to blow a hole thru the door and get outta here. co workers are dropping like flies.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

WC is a nightmare, claims go on forever, the medical providers are corupt, and the attorneys are ambulance chasers. Spitzer pushed through a lot of legislation before he left but the system still needs a lot of work.

From the side of an injured worker with an UNINSURED employer once that required legal action...I can agree with the nightmare part.

Fortunately for me, my lawyer was a former WC JUDGE, so he was toast from the start. Still took a year to reach a fair settlement for me.

[MTK]

Well I worked in no-fault, so we didn't do settlements. Never heard of that program being used on the BI side but it's possible it's being used now.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Well I worked in no-fault, so we didn't do settlements. Never heard of that program being used on the BI side but it's possible it's being used now.

Your not in NJ are you?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Your not in NJ are you?

Nope, NY

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Does the system in NY require getting pre approvals and the use of codes for ever procedure done on a patient?

Any treatment over $1000 requires pre-auth. The CPT codes are required for billing purposes only.