01/25/2011
By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesIn the view of the Illinois workers' compensation community we are riding a somewhat sudden and unexpected wave of reform. Here are some thoughts on how to best proceed until this wave breaks. Most observers
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03/14/2006
years of workers' compensation reform in West Virginia and reported that those reforms have resulted in a 27 reduction in medical spending.
He reported those savings resulted from "an aggressive provider-education program" involvement of nurses in case management legislative limits on permanent
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03/28/2006
Political columnist Dan Walters called last week's informational hearing on the Permanent Disability Rating Schedule a "sham hearing" staged to give Democrats an upper hand in the governor's race in a column published by the Sacramento Bee Monday.
Walters said workers' compensation reform
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10/09/2012
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and Labor Commissioner Mark Costello are both pushing for workers' compensation reform in a state that has some of the highest employer costs in the region.
Doak's office issued a press release on Monday saying executives with some large companies
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10/02/2003
The workers' compensation reform package signed into law yesterday by Governor Gray Davis will slow the system's skyrocketing medical costs but these reforms are not a panacea and policymakers should consider more reforms in 2004 the American Insurance Association AIA reported.
"The
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05/02/2005
Oklahoma state senators will meet again today to take another stab at reaching a deal on workers' compensation reform but both sides seem deadlocked on the issue of who will preside over the Senate.
Democrats refused on Thursday to attend a session presided over by Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin in an
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06/28/2004
The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed with the Tennessee Department of Commerce its pure premium rate advisory for workers compensation policies recommending a decrease of 6.3.
The recommendation is due largely to the state's recently enacted worker's compensation reform
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07/14/2007
By S. Hunter Howard Jr.
The business community was elated when the South Carolina Legislature passed comprehensive workers' compensation reform and Gov. Mark Sanford signed the bill into law. Surrounded by business and industry leaders from around the state Gov. Sanford recognized that
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09/16/2003
The workers' compensation reform package approved by the California Legislature on Friday is a good step toward slowing the skyrocketing medical costs in the system but the final tally of savings remains to be seen and some of the provisions will actually increase costs the American Insurance
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03/12/2004
reforms did not represent a long-term rollback of costs. Workers' compensation costs in California still grew from 11 billion in 1998 to 18.8 in 2003 - an 80 increase Our average workers' compensation costs per 100 of payroll are 6.30. The national average is 2.46.
Without additional reform
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