Workers Comp Cost Control
The California Workers Compensation Institute reported that after hitting a new low in 2021 the volume of independent medical review decision letters continued to decline through the first half of this year.
The California Workers Compensation Institute reported that after hitting a new low in 2021 the volume of independent medical review decision letters continued to decline through the first half of this year.
The California Division of Workers Compensation will have more time to gather information to analyze the effects of fast-tracking certain medical treatments without utilization reviews, under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The California Division of Workers Compensation will have more time to gather information to analyze the effects of fast-tracking certain medical treatments without utilization reviews, under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Average medical payments per claim in Delaware fell by about 33% between 2014 and 2017 because of legislative changes to the states medical reimbursement system, the Workers Compensation Research Institute said Wednesday.
Average medical payments per claim in Delaware fell by about 33% between 2014 and 2017 because of legislative changes to the states medical reimbursement system, the Workers Compensation Research Institute said Wednesday.
The relationship and communication between employers and their workers are at the heart of effective return-to-work programs, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a report issued Thursday.
The relationship and communication between employers and their workers are at the heart of effective return-to-work programs, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said in a report issued Thursday.
Long-term health issues following a COVID-19 diagnosis will likely affect the workers compensation industry indefinitely now it is considered a disability by the federal government, experts say.
A former executive with a medical supply and billing company in Arkansas pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge in connection with a $3.9 million scheme to defraud the federal government and private insurers by overcharging for unnecessary medications provided to workers compensation patients, the U.S. Attorneys Office announced.
The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau submitted a filing with the Banking and Insurance Department seeking a 4.9% decrease in the overall premium rate level effective Jan. 1.
Origami Risk LLC, a Chicago-based safety and insurance technology company, announced Monday it has packaged its online workers compensation claims administration solutions into a standard offering for insurers, third-party administrators, risk pools and managing general agents.
Written workers comp premium in California for the first half of 2021 declined 8% from the same period in 2020, according to the latest quarterly experience report from the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California.
The total number of independent medical review determination letters in California fell to an all-time low in 2020, according to a new report by the California Workers Compensation Institute.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation announced Monday public employers premium rates will be reduced 10% collectively, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
Insurance services provider Charles Taylor on Tuesday launched a medical bill review company for employers, third-party administrators, insurers, government entities and self-funded payers, and international payers.
Oregon employers on average in 2022 would see their workers compensation coverage costs decline for the 9th consecutive year, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Wednesday.
Medical payments fell to $1.8 billion in calendar year 2020, down 9.4% compared to the approximately $2 billion in medical payments for 2019, according to a report from the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine requested that the board of directors for the Bureau of Workers Compensation expand a 2020 dividend to include about 3,000 employers that did not meet eligibility requirements last year.
Long-term health issues following a COVID-19 diagnosis will likely affect the workers compensation industry indefinitely now it is considered a disability by the federal government, experts say.
The top 10 causes of the most disabling workplace accidents cost employers $58.6 billion in annual medical costs and lost wage payments in 2018, according to the 2021 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, released Wednesday.
The top 10 causes of the most disabling workplace accidents cost employers $58.6 billion in annual medical costs and lost wage payments in 2018, according to the 2021 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, released Wednesday. The insurer found that the top five causes of industrial accidents cost $40.5 billion, which the index broke down by […]
California is cutting the benchmark rate for workers compensation insurance to $1.41 per $100 of payroll, effective Sept. 1.