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.
Delaware employers saved more than $9 million in workers compensation insurance costs last year, the state Department of Insurance said.
Oklahoma's Employee Injury Benefit Act is unconstitutional, the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission ruled in a case involving Dillard's department store.
A ruling last month by the California Supreme Court is seen as a win for workers comp payers.
A proposed 8.6% cut in the overall average rates paid by the state's private employers is on the table.
The fact that doctors conducting the reviews upheld treatment modifications or denials in the vast majority of cases last year did little to curb the trend.
Nebraska is the latest state to consider an evidence-based formulary to regulate drugs prescribed to injured workers.
Colorado's state-chartered workers compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, says it wants to create the subsidiary because it “operates on an increasingly un-level playing field."
Once touted as a top workers compensation issue to watch in 2016, opt-out legislation appears to be all but dead following critical media reports, an impending investigation and a sex scandal.
Study finds significant increases in average costs of medical-legal services.
State legislative leader's leave of absence puts the Employee Injury Benefit Alternative, a bill he co-sponsored last February, on hold.
Switch from flat-fee to hours-of-service rate schedule boosts costs an average of 66%.
A Tennessee House of Representatives subcommittee hearing for a bill that would allow private employers to opt out of the state’s workers compensation system has been canceled. H.B. 997 sponsor Rep. Jeremy Durham, a Republican who is currently on an approved leave of absence, on Monday took the bill “off notice,” meaning it won’t be […]
With new split-point rates, employers in Texas latest to face substantial increase in workers comp premiums.
The case may pose the biggest challenge yet to the state's exclusive remedy provision.
Florida's workers comp rates have been falling for the last four years in a row, but that trend may be coming to an end.