07/29/2019
legislative reform of workers' compensation in the Cotton State or the Camellia State; Alabama apparently has no official nickname.
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03/12/2010
workers' compensation sector.
Franco said the breadth of support ensures the bill can get attention in a Congressional session centered on health care reform and financial regulation issues.
Financial regulatory reform passed by the House last year has been stalled in the Senate Banking Housing and
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12/18/2008
A research report released by the California Workers' Compensation Institute on Wednesday showed that the percentage of applicants who receive care through medical provider networks nearly doubled after passage of the 2004 reform.
The insurance group's report says that 63 of physician visits were
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01/29/2013
workers’ compensation climate “Another Voice New push for workers’ compensation reform ignores savings coming in 2013” Jan. 8 disputes the need for comp reform with arguments that cannot withstand scrutiny.For example the essay implies that costs are insignificant
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01/13/2005
In recent years the cost of workers' compensation in California has tripled-by far the highest run-up in the nation. But reforms aimed at cutting costs have been stymied by the complexity of the problem and the difficulty of understanding the system itself. A publication released today by the
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09/29/2003
California Senator Richard Alarcon D-Van Nuys the Senate Chair of the Workers' Compensation Conference Committee responded harshly to criticism of the pending workers' compensation reform package by gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger last week.
In the nationally televised debate
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09/28/2003
adoption a new fee schedule for workers' compensation prescription medications in this reform package violates the most basic rule of healthcare reform cost containment is not an end in itself-if the measures used to contain costs ultimately compromise quality of patient care.
Revising the
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09/22/2007
By Gil Stein
The Mercury News editorial on workers' compensation reform suggests that the governor and Legislature use the 2004 workers' comp reform as a model for solving the state's health care crisis. Hold on there. Before we pop that champagne cork in celebration let's make sure
Category: Industry Insights
12/17/2003
Schwarzenegger's work comp reform proposal. CAAA says that bill will unnecessarily cut benefits to injured workers and they are particularly concerned about the limitation to medical treatment that will occur if the bill becomes law.
CAAA will also sponsor a protest today at the San Luis Obispo office of
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07/31/2009
states and New York.
Passed as Assembly 6163 the Spitzer reform requires that any employer doing business in New York have the state listed under item "3A" on the information page of its workers' compensation policy.
PIANY sought language from New York lawmakers earlier this year that would have added
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