11/27/2023
1650.
After increasing steadily for more than a decade including a 5.159 increase last January on top of a record 13.521 increase in 2022 the maximum TTDPTD rate for 2023 job injuries is now 1619.15 per week and the minimum is 242.86 per week CWCI said. But with the decline in the SAWW
Category: News
10/17/2023
The California Workers Compensation Institute on Monday published a bulletin identifying bills of interest to the states workers compensation community that were enacted this year.
CWCI highlighted bills including AB 336 which will require contractors to certify work comp class codes when
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09/26/2023
claims at all valuation points within 60 months of injury are higher than their post-reform lows CWCI said. Only the most developed data on older claims from accident year 2016 is still showing declines in loss payments as a result of the most recent reforms.
CWCI reports that average total paid
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09/05/2023
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation will hear a presentation from the California Workers Compensation Institute during its next meeting.
Rena David
Rena David senior vice president of research and operations for CWCI is scheduled to speak during the CHSWC
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08/28/2023
Institute said its review of the measure found it would help a small proportion of injured workers. According to CWCI 0.9 of TD claims from 2015-2017 had IMR overturn a UR denial within 14 days of hitting the cap.
AB 1145 by Assemblymember Brian Maienschein D-San Diego would create a PTSD
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08/02/2023
The volume of independent medical review decision letters increased 4.1 in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period of 2022 according to a new report by the California Workers Compensation Institute.
At the same time CWCI said IMR outcomes remained fairly stable with 89.2 of
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07/11/2023
; attorney bar and labor advocates do not provide independent studies of the system. Most studies are done by the CWCI affiliated with California insurers or by the quasi-public WCIRB.
Notable 2023 studies to date include the following
WCIRB
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06/27/2023
the aggregate cap on TD benefits the time between the UR decision and the IMR determination.
The California Workers Compensation Institute said its review of the measure found it would help a small proportion of injured workers. According to CWCI 0.9 of TD claims from 2015-2017 had IMR overturn
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06/22/2023
have been low-cost COVID-19 cases.
Private self-insureds average paid and incurred losses both declined as well so their total paid losses at first report fell 1.2 to 311 million while their incurred losses fell 3.3 to just under 812 million according to a new report from CWCI.
The OSIP's
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06/15/2023
Excluding time spent resolving medical treatment disputes from the cap on the duration of temporary disability benefits would provide a nominal increase in benefits to a small proportion of injured workers according to the California Workers Compensation Institute.
CWCI said in a statement
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