If employers and insurers are concerned about the increase in “megaclaims” — those with awards of more than $3 million — they should focus on
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The California Legislature passed a bill that would create a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption for first responders, health care workers and other essential employees through 2022
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If stakeholders were hoping the National Council on Compensation Insurance was going to shed new light on the projected cost of COVID-19 claims in Florida,
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Lower claims costs over the past several years have pushed workers' compensation pharmacy costs down, but emerging and expensive specialty treatments could reverse the trend
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A $100 increase in a fee schedule's reimbursement doesn't always mean a $100 increase in the price of the medical service.
At hospital outpatient centers,
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A unanimous Montana Supreme Court said it can’t rule on the constitutionality of a bill that moved $28.3 million of the Montana State Fund policyholder
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Employers that fail to implement and enforce recommended COVID-19 guidelines could open themselves up to potentially expensive litigation, including third-party claims, insurance experts say.
EPIC Insurance
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Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a husband and wife whose throats were cut upon arriving at the scene of a double homicide because
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The robots are coming. And they'll save insurers lots of money.
Pramod Akkarachittor
That's the sentiment of several industry experts who weighed
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Medicare set-asides that include opioids or other potentially addictive drugs need professional administration because patients don’t always follow workers’ compensation-based treatment plans once their cases
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