North Carolina officials are requiring insurers to expedite the payment of workers’ compensation patients medical and wage-loss benefits or risk being sentenced to jail. The North Carolina Industrial Commission has ordered more than a dozen employers to attend a May …
Workers’ advocates claim injured Hawaii employees can’t get fair evaluations from doctors hired by employers or insurers. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported critics say the system is unfair by allowing employers or their insurance carriers to shop around for doctors to …
A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study released on Tuesday shows the use of network physicians to provide medical care to injured workers in California has continued to grow over the past five years and now stands at a record high. …
