Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marquee Managed Care Solutions Receives Full URAC Accreditation in Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management
Jan 4 2018 // San Diego, CA, January 4, 2018 – Marquee Managed Care Solutions (Marquee MCS) has been awarded full accreditation in Workers’ Compensation Utilization Management from URAC, a Washington, DC-based health care...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Makes Organizational Changes
Jan 2 2018 // The Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has updated its organizational chart and changed the names of an internal division and a working group. The commission reported that the changes reflect an effort to more...
Top Insurance Journal Southeast Stories of 2017
Dec 29 2017 // It was another busy year in the Southeast with storms, workers’ comp, and carrier insolvencies dominating the headlines. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that attracted the most readers in...
North Carolina Proposes Rules for Opioid Use in Workers’ Comp Cases
Dec 28 2017 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission has proposed new rules related to the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment as a proactive measure aimed at curtailing opioid misuse and...
California Division of Workers’ Comp Suspends 16 Medical Providers
Dec 22 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 16 more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Speaker Vos: Passage of Wisconsin Workers’ Comp Bill Doubtful
Dec 22 2017 // A bill that would add a fee schedule for medical care to Wisconsin’s workers compensation law appears to be dead on arrival in the state Assembly. Speaker Robin Vos said there is no consensus among Republicans about...
Missouri Governor Backs Workers’ Comp Boost for Firefighters
Dec 22 2017 // Missouri lawmakers should make it easier for firefighters to get workers’ compensation, Gov. Eric Greitens said during a visit to the St. Louis Fire Academy. The bill by Republican Rep. Nick Schroer would make...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Releases Health Care Provider Oversight Results
Dec 21 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has released the 2017 Health Care Provider Performance Based Oversight (PBO) assessment results. Health care providers were assessed on their...
Employers, Workers’ Compensation Carriers Eye Trend in Telehealth: Telerehab
Dec 21 2017 // Though employers and workers’ compensation insurers have been utilizing telemedicine for quite some time, there’s been a recent uptick in interest surrounding virtual physical therapy, also known as...
Florida Construction Co. Owner Accused of $700K Workers’ Comp Scam
Dec 21 2017 // A Florida construction company owner has been arrested after allegedly providing fictitious information when applying for workers’ compensation insurance coverage to obtain a lower premium, according to a statement...
New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York
Dec 20 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers in advance of some workers’ compensation insurance premium increases. The law was...
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Dec 18 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors. His term begins Jan. 1, 2018. Fitzpatrick has served on the ICT board since 2008 and most recently served as vice...
Updated: OSHA Rule Requiring Electronic Reporting of Injuries Goes Into Effect
Dec 15 2017 // A federal rule requiring certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness reports goes into effect today. The rule applies to businesses in many states with 250 or more employees that are currently required to...
Texas Regulators Say Workers’ Comp Costs Down 63% Since 2005
Dec 15 2017 // More Texas businesses are providing workers’ compensation insurance as the cost of coverage continues to decline, according to the Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation...
WCRI: Michigan Medical Payments per Work Comp Claim Relatively Low
Dec 14 2017 // Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan were among the lowest of 18 state workers’ compensation systems analyzed in a new study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The...
Sommer Named Interim Executive Director at Oklahoma WCC as Bailey Departs
Dec 13 2017 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) announced that Executive Director Kim Bailey has resigned and Administrative Law Judge Patricia Sommer has been appointed to lead the agency in the interim. Bailey...
Tower Group Companies Top List of U.S. P/C Impairments in 2016: A.M. Best
Dec 13 2017 // Of the 14 property/casualty impairments identified for 2016, 11 were members of the Tower Group, with the remaining three composed of two medical professional liability risk retention groups and a commercial lines...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner: Post-Harvey Deadline Extensions to End in January
Dec 12 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a bulletin announcing a date for the end of extensions for workers’ comp deadlines and procedures related to Hurricane...
California Workers’ Comp Division to Adopt a Drug Formulary, Host Webinars
Dec 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will adopt an evidence-based drug formulary for medical providers treating injured workers beginning Jan. 1, 2018, following approval by the Office of Administrative...
Workers’ Comp Administrators Group Helps Texas DWC Employees Affected by Harvey
Dec 8 2017 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Ryan Brannan has thanked members of the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) for the generosity and goodwill they’ve shown to...
