03/12/2021
supposed to be have kept moving for the last year. Its very difficult to tell when we'll get back to normal.
CWCI projected that 43879 COVID-19 workers comp claims were filed in December by far the most of any month since the pandemic began. That total dropped to a projected 24132 in January as a
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03/11/2021
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories now account for more than a third of all drugs dispensed to injured workers in the Golden State triple the proportion for opioids according to the California Workers Compensation Institute.
CWCI on Wednesday said its latest study also found that while most
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03/04/2021
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CWCI meanwhile is hosting a one-hour webinar to review the proposed Medical-Legal Fee Schedule changes at 930 a.m. March 18. The program will be recorded and made available on-demand starting March 22.
Jackie Secia CWCIs claims and medical director; Stacy Jones senior research
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02/16/2021
higher than totals for all other months except November with 15588 claims and July with 15146.
A total of 123740 cases have been filed since the pandemic started including 640 death claims according to CWCI.
Denial rates for December and January COVID claims are too green to provide reliable
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02/01/2021
the California Economic Forecast will provide data and observations on the current and future implications of COVID-19 on the California and U.S. economies.
CWCI Senior Vice President of Research Rena David and CWCI President Alex Swedlow will then present the latest research on COVID-19 claims
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01/29/2021
The December spike in COVID-19 claims continues to grow and has pushed the total number of pandemic-related claims for 2020 past 103000 the California Workers Compensation Institute reports.
CWCI on Wednesday said 32549 cases were filed in December 2020 bringing the total number of claims
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01/26/2021
the nationwide average of 8.2.
Although stockholder-owned companies usually aim for a 15 return on net worth that goal is rarely achieved so a 12 return is considered a more realistic target CWCI said in a bulletin. California workers compensation insurers exceeded the 12 target in both
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01/15/2021
Institute on Wednesday reported a year-end surge in which COVID-19 accounted for 28.7 of all claims filed in November and 47.4 of claims filed in December. Overall CWCI reports that the 93470 COVID-19 claims filed in the Golden State last year accounted for 15.7 of all claims with 2020 injury dates
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01/14/2021
Data published online by the California Workers Compensation Institute shows that more claims for COVID-19 were filed in December than in any other month of 2020.
CWCI reports 23483 claims were filed in the last month of 2020 a 55 increase over the previous high of 15093 claims that were
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01/13/2021
Staff and the board of directors for the California Workers Compensation Institute announced the passing of Michael McClain who served as the organization's general counsel from 1995 to 2016.
McClain died Saturday at his home in Ashland Oregon.
Prior to joining the CWCI staff McClain
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