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Fee Schedule Doesn't Deter Repackaging Deal

07/20/2005
the study said. And price isn't the only concern. "Physician dispensing may be particularly attractive to California physicians with substantial workers' compensation patient volume because the OMFS fees for physician services are among the lowest in the nation" said the study written by Rand

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MA Rates Dropping 3 Percent

05/23/2005
General to intervene in the rate-setting proceedings in 20 years he said. In the end he secured a 4 percent reduction in 2003 rates. A recent study by Economy.com rated Massachusetts as having the highest business costs in the nation in both 2002 and 2003. The state's workers' compensation costs

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HI Governor Approves Reform Regulations

05/09/2005
California- Berkeley study estimates that California will realize annually 36.7 percent or 3.1 billion in cost savings to its system due to those guidelines. Potentially Hawaii could realize the same cost savings -- 98 million -- under the DLIR's medical guidelines. To date insurance carriers in

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CHSWC Issues '24-Hour Care' Report

03/25/2005
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation on Thursday released a draft report on "24-hour-care" the notion of merging group health coverage with the workers' compensation system. The preliminary report examines 24-hour-care pilot programs conducted in California Oregon

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Poochigian: OR Study Shows Why SB 899 Necessary

12/23/2004
California Senator Chuck Poochigian R-Fresno a primary sponsor of SB 899 says that the recent statistics from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services demonstrate why California workers' compensation reform was necessary and that recent industry statistics prove that it is

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OR 42d Lowest Rates in the Nation

12/20/2004
Results of a newly-updated study by the Department of Consumer & Business Services show that Oregon workers' compensation premium rates have continued to improve significantly relative to other states' rates. The report ranks Oregon premium rates at 42nd in the nation as of 2004 better by

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New WCRI Book Looks at Future Challenges in WC

05/03/2004
Business Services discussed the Oregon study that ranks state workers' compensation premium rates and identified issues to consider when defining system "affordability." - Cristina D. Dobleman Director of Global Risk Management Levi Strauss & Co. outlined key criteria for evaluating and

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Hawaii DLIR: Avoid CA & FL Mistakes in Controlling Costs

02/19/2004
years as multi-billion dollar military housing projects are slated to begin in mid-2004 DLIR says it is committed to avoiding mistakes made by California and Florida by being proactive in its regulation of workers' compensation. Citing the recent Oregon study that pegs Hawaii as the third most costly

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CASA Says Fee Schedule Will Hurt CA Workers

09/16/2003
surgical implants alone for some knee repair surgeries is greater than the proposed reimbursement rate. Unless changed this new law will cause a serious disruption in providing timely quality care to injured workers in California. In fact after careful review and study the states of Oregon and

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NAII Agenda: Eliminate Rx Abuse in Work Comp

08/11/2003
used. "In some states including California and Oregon Oxycontin represents about 10 percent of the workers' compensation prescription costs in those states" said NAII Vice President Workers' Compensation Nancy M. Schroeder. "The committee said that rampant abuse of the drug has escalated in

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