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Businesses Want Special Session to Include Comp but Concede It's a Long Shot
06/07/2017
rankings study published by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Floridas index rate in 2000 was 4.08 per 100 of payroll with Louisiana following at No. 2 at 3.36 and California third at 3.34.
A host of 2003 reforms triggered nearly a decade of decreases and a cumulative
Category: News
Employers Want Medicare Fee Schedule, Labor Wants More Benefits
05/11/2017
says.
The other study states were Massachusetts California Michigan Texas Kentucky Minnesota North Carolina Georgia Arkansas Florida Pennsylvania Illinois Louisiana New Jersey Iowa Virginia and Indiana.
Wisconsin which in 1911 became the first state to pass a workers compensation
Category: News
Medical Committee to Discuss Spinal Cord Stimulators
05/02/2017
Spinal cord stimulators and artificial discs are on the agenda for the Oregon Medical Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for June 2.
The committee will take public comments on spinal cord stimulators during the meeting but discussion will be limited to peer reviewed scientific studies and
Category: News
Bills Target Insurer Profits and Propose State-Chartered Mutual Company
04/26/2017
14145 and the median of 18 states studied was 10354.
The study states were Arkansas California Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey North Carolina Pennsylvania Texas Virginia and Wisconsin.
The WCRI report says the
Category: News
Panel to Decide Provider Fee Updates Worth $120 Million in System Costs
04/19/2017
growth in medical payments per claim in Florida. From 200910 to 201415 this measure increased 55 in the state according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute's CompScope Benchmarks for Florida 17th Edition released Tuesday.
The other study states were California North Carolina
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E-Cigarette Use May Have Multiple Implications for Comp
04/19/2017
said attorney Greg Bentley a partner with Bentley & More LLP in Irvine California.
Users should be very careful in vaping" he said. "And employers should be aware if employees are doing it in the course and scope of employment it could trigger a workers comp claim.
For example Bentley
Category: News
PDMPs Evolve to Become More User-Friendly
04/14/2017
and prescriber behavior. In Oregon use of the PDMP is voluntary for prescribers.
In one analysis the study identified pairs of health care providers with similar opioid prescribing patterns and then watched to see what happened when one registered to use the PDMP and the other didnt. While many
Category: News
Keefe: Will Our Country Ever Be Smart Enough to Allow Dying With Dignity?
04/04/2017
others to endure unwanted intolerable suffering is inhumane and wrong. As a compassionate society we must offer information and choices to those who face the prospect of a horrific death.
At present the states of Oregon Washington Vermont Montana and California now allow dying with dignity
Category: Industry Insights
Langham: PDMP and Opioids in Ohio
03/27/2017
;Statista.com figures for 2015 reflect that Florida is right in the middle of the list in 26th place with a rate of 16.2 deaths per 100000. Perhaps every state should be looking to the bottom 10 in hopes of discovering the secret to their success. They are Oregon 12 Kansas 11.8 California
Category: Industry Insights
Work Comp's Quest for Value-Based Payment 'Unicorn"
03/06/2017
losers and thats scary Page said.
Page took questions after her presentation and one audience member offered one example of value-based care in workers comp Kaiser Permanentes Kaiser On-the-Job occupational health program. Kaiser offers the product in California Oregon Washington and Hawaii
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