California workers’ compensation carriers last year paid half as much for expenses as they did for medical benefits, and nearly double the amount of indemnity
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Workers’ comp insurance rates are expected to keep falling in the new year, observers say, although some cite increased hiring of inexperienced workers and rise
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The Pennsylvania Insurance Department wasted no time in approving two loss cost reductions, but not before insurers and employers asked for more remedies to what
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Schemes by California medical providers to pay kickbacks in exchange for workers' compensation patients are legend. Now a new scheme to fleece the system may have emerged:
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More than 60% of injured workers with carpal tunnel syndrome and multiple comorbidities in the Washington state workers’ comp system were not working five years
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After eight months of deliberations and input from stakeholders, Kentucky's workers' compensation commissioner plans to approve drug formulary regulations by the end of this week
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Six years after being directed by the California Legislature, the Office of Self-Insurance Plans has proposed rules to implement data reporting requirements for public employers
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The pricey Evzio auto-injector, which is used to administer opioid overdose antidote naloxone, will come in a generic form next year at a price of
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After repeated complaints from attorneys — and an October court ruling that found the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board had been too picky about a
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The latest California appellate court decision finding asymptomatic, pre-existing conditions are fair game for apportionment should shield employers from paying for disabilities arising from nonindustrial
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