01/04/2023
study of fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile which include gasoline and depreciation CWCI said. Although the price of gasoline has recently come down from the record highs apparently those declines either took place after the latest increase was calculated or failed to offset the
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12/23/2022
companies making major money off of one-sided research.”
Of course CAAA is free to challenge WCIRB studies and statistics just as it is free to challenge studies and statistics promulgated by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute CWCI or data from the
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12/21/2022
peak of 9626 COVID-19 claims in June to a seven-month low of 1442 claims in October the monthly tally of COVID-19 claims recorded by the states Workers Compensation Information System increased 69.7 to 2447 in November CWCI said in a bulletin issued Tuesday.
CWCI said its projecting that
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12/20/2022
. CWCI said the program will include
CWCI Senior Vice President Rena David and President Alex Swedlow will present new research on issues that are likely to be reform targets in 2023 including managed care reform and cumulative trauma.
Sarah Bohn vice president of research and senior fellow
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12/08/2022
The California Workers Compensation Institute reported that data from the state Office of Self-Insurance Plans shows that reported claim volume for public self-insured employers increased 35 in the most recent fiscal year despite a less than 1 increase in the workforce.
CWCI said the medical
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11/17/2022
The California Workers' Compensation Institute's analysis indicated that the Golden State accounted for a fifth of all benefits paid bulletin available at no cost to CWCI members.
Overall employers
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11/17/2022
increase CWCI said in a statement.
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11/15/2022
programs CWCI said.
The 11.9 billion in benefit payments accounts for 20.1 of all benefit payments. The 5.9 billion in medical payments in California is about 21.3 of nationwide medical payments while the 5.9 billion in indemnity was about 19.1 of nationwide indemnity payments.
After
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10/03/2022
claims administrators cant get med-legal reports and other evidence within the 75 days afforded under SB 1127 they would have few options other than to issue provisional denials.
While the bill could lead to more provisional denials on some claims CWCI said its review of claims from 2015 through
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09/27/2022
61.4.
Only 44 of claims in the Bay Area involved attorneys. The attorney involvement rate was 47 in the Central Valley and 53.3 in San Diego County.
Average combined medical and indemnity benefits plus expenses were highest in the Inland Empire and Orange County region at 44170. CWCI
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