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According to the Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Reform that will go in effect August 28, 2005, has new definitions of “injury” and “accident” as it relates to a workers’ compensation case. Primarily, an employee will have to show that work was “the prevailing factor” in causing both the resulting medical condition and disability. The current standard is work has to be “a substantial factor” in causing the injury. Under the current standard an injury is compensable if it is clearly work-related and if work was a substantial factor in causing the resulting medical condition or disability.
An accident means an unexpected “traumatic event or unusual strain identifiable by time and place of occurrence caused by a specific event during a single work shift.” The prevailing factor is defined as the primary factor in relation to any other factor, causing both the resulting condition and disability.
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OHS-COMPCARE has seven (7) area clinical facilities:
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Blue Springs Clinical Facility |
Independence Clinical Facility |
Johnson County Clinical Facility |
St. Joseph Clinical Facility |
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801 St. Mary’s Drive |
17020 East 40 Highway |
10415 Lackman Road |
904 Edmond Street |
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Blue Springs, MO 64014 |
Independence, MO 64055 |
Lenexa, KS 66219 |
St. Joseph, MO 64501 |
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KCMO/Broadway Clinical Facility |
KCMO/Front Street Clinical Facility |
Wyandotte County Clinical Facility |
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1650 Broadway |
6501 East Commerce, Suite 110 |
1333 Meadowlark Lane, Suite 200 |
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Kansas City, MO 64108 |
Kansas City, MO 64120 |
Kansas City, KS 66102 |
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