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CWCI Names Sara Widener-Brightwell General Counsel
12/28/2021
jurisdictional compliance claim direction value and settlement options CWCI said.
Since 2015 Widener-Brightwell has also served on CWCIs legal and claims committees.
The institute is thrilled to have found someone with such deep practical knowledge and understanding of both workers compensation
Category: News
Mileage Rate Increasing to 58.5 Cents
12/20/2021
nonrepresented state employees which is tied to the IRS published mileage rate CWCI said. In its Dec. 17 news release the IRS announced that as of Jan. 1 2022 the standard mileage rate will increase to 58.5 cents per business mile driven. The IRS bases the standard mileage rate on an annual study of the
Category: News
CWCI : Self-Insured Paid Losses Up 7.3% in Most Recent Fiscal Year
12/15/2021
The California Workers Compensation Institute in a bulletin released Tuesday said growth in lost-time claims and double-digit increases in average paid and incurred indemnity drove public self-insureds' total paid losses up 7.3 to a record 445 million.
At the same time CWCI reports total
Category: News
CWCI : COVID Claim Volume Decreases Following Summer Surge
11/29/2021
The California Workers Compensation Institute reported that the summer surge of COVID-19 claims appears to have run its course as the number of claims fell sharply in October.
CWCI is projecting 3621 COVID-19 claims will ultimately be filed in October down nearly 56 compared to the 8197
Category: News
Golden State Accounts for 20% of National Comp Payments
11/15/2021
more than 63 billion 31.3 billion for medical care and almost 31.8 billion in cash benefits nearly matching the nationwide total of 62.9 billion for calendar year 2018.
CWCI said Californias workers compensation system was without question the largest jurisdiction in the country with
Category: News
DaisyBill: Record Review Nearly One-Third of $110.5M Clients Billed for Med-Legal Services
11/05/2021
Compensation Institute in September acknowledged that payments for additional record review would drive costs but said variability in the number of pages reviewed per evaluation makes it difficult to predict the ultimate impact.
CWCI nonetheless said its preliminary review of the new fee schedule found the
Category: News
George and Walls: The Bigger Picture of COVID-19 Data
11/03/2021
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Tim Stanger vice president of claims Safety National.
Alex Swedlow president California Workers’ Compensation Institute.
CWCI claims data trends
Currently COVID-19 represents about 13 of all workers’ compensation claims
Category: Industry Insights
CWCI Reports Hospital Stays Declined During Pandemic
11/01/2021
Injured worker inpatient hospital stays fell 17.2 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic bringing the cumulative decline since 2010 to 47.2 the California Workers Compensation Institute announced.
CWCI said data from the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development over the
Category: News
DWC: Benefits Increasing 13.5% in 2022
10/26/2021
TTD would have been paid.
Temporary total disability paid two or more years after the date of injury.
CWCI said the steep increase in the states average weekly wage is largely the result of a disproportionate loss of low-wage jobs during the pandemic.
Category: News
CWCI : IMR Volume Falls to Record Low
09/28/2021
volume of non-COVID workers comp claims and medical services holding below pre-pandemic levels the number of independent medical reviews used to resolve California workers compensation treatment disputes continued to decline in the first half of 2021 CWCI said in a Bulletin published Friday.
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