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.
Michigan had among the lowest medical payments per lost-time workers compensation claim, according to research released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation will begin issuing $5 billion in dividends to employers in the state to ease COVID-19s impact on businesses, the bureau announced Wednesday.
Long the national leader in medical costs for injured workers, Californias medical costs per claim were typical of other states for 2016 claims with experience through 2019, according to new data released Thursday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance on Wednesday announced that workers compensation premiums in 2021 are likely to decline for most of the states businesses for the eighth consecutive year.
Employers can save an average of $8,500 in turnover, replacement and health care costs by supporting workers suffering from substance use disorders, according to a study released Wednesday by the National Safety Council.
The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries on Monday announced that there will be no increase in the average workers compensation premium rate in 2021.
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara lowered a pure premium rate filing proposed by the states ratings bureau and declined to add an additional adjustment for COVID-19, the commissioner announced in a statement Wednesday.
Pinnacol Assurance will reduce workers compensation rates by an average of 6% in Colorado, the Denver-based insurer announced Tuesday.
The average medical costs paid per claim are higher in-network for back and shoulder injuries compared with out-of-network claims, though lower for all other injuries, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance announced Monday that it would issue an $8.1 million dividend to eligible workers compensation policyholders and an additional nearly $7 million to the states school boards insurance trust fund.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine requested that the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation release $5 billion in dividends to ease the continued financial impact on the states employer from the COVID-19 pandemic, his office said in a statement Wednesday.
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced Tuesday that workers compensation insurance rates will decrease for the fourth year in a row, with the voluntary market seeing an average 11.56% reduction and residual market rates decreasing an average of 8.8%.
Net written premium in the workers compensation industry for 2019 calendar year dipped slightly from the prior year to $42 billion for private insurers, according to a report released Monday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
The increase in facility costs for hospital emergency room visits has significantly outpaced medical inflation, with facility costs growing approximately three times faster than the hospital outpatient producer price index, according to an analysis of workers compensation emergency room costs.
Walmart Inc. said on Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against the federal government, seeking clarity on the roles and legal responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacies in filling opioid prescriptions.