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California Workers' Compensation Institute
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
CWCI Tracks Use of Network Physicians in California Workers’ Comp and Associated Savings
Use of network physicians to manage California injured workers’ medical care rose from just over half of all claims prior to the introduction of medical provider networks (MPNs) to nearly 80 percent of all claims after MPNs were fully implemented...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
New Study on Low Back Pain Examines Costs and Benefits of State Workers’ Compensation Policy Variations
While employer control reduces medical costs, allowing employees a one-time change in physician may not be as expensive as employers fear By Thomas A. Robinson, co-author, Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law According to a recent study...
Richard C Kissiah
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Georgia: Pharmaceutical Costs in Workers’ Compensation Claims
By Richard C. Kissiah In July 2013, the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) of Cambridge, Massachusetts completed and issued a new study as to the effects of the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s April 1,...
Stuart D. Colburn
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The Texas Blueprint for How to Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
After continued implementation of the 2005 reforms to the Texas workers’ compensation system, and legislative review of the system in 2011, 2013 was a year in which system stakeholders and other interested parties were able to step back and evaluate...
Robin E. Kobayashi
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Women on the Verge: Menopause Symptoms in the Workplace
By Robin E. Kobayashi, JD, LexisNexis Legal & Professional Operations When it comes to employee wellness and costs borne by employers, studies tend to focus on the “big three”: cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. But no...
Karen C. Yotis
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Patients, Pills and Profits: Physician Dispensing Increases Costs in Illinois Workers’ Comp Claims
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’ comp world. Peeling Away the Onion on Physician Dispensing...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
NCCI Addresses Workers’ Compensation Prescription Drugs Costs
Increased Utilization of Predominantly Expensive Drugs Fuel Cost Rise An August 2011 research brief by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) analyzed the trend of prescription drugs constituting a disproportionately high percentage...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Pennsylvania: Court Affirms Denial of Claim for Holistic “Medical” Treatment Performed in India
A Pennsylvania appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a petition for reimbursement of Ayurvedic therapy—a form of holistic alternative medicine that is the traditional system of medicine in India—based upon the failure of the claimant,...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Miss the WCRI 32nd Annual Conference
Anyone familiar with the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s 32-year history of providing the data and analysis that industry mavericks rely upon to understand, manage and effect real change have come to expect WCRI conferences to provide...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The Evolution of Reform: WCRI Panel Examines Resilience and Renovation in Workers’ Compensation
Closing session at WCRI’s annual conference examines workers’ comp systems in Texas, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Florida By Ryan Benharris, Esq. Focusing on Resilience or Renovation, the 2015 Workers Compensation Research Institute Annual...
Robin E. Kobayashi
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Workers’ Compensation in a Medically Overtreated Society
Workers’ compensation is no stranger to controversy. In 2009 the well-respected physician Nortin M. Hadler, MD, attacked workers’ compensation as an “evil, wrong-minded, illness-inducing maze that masquerades as social insurance”...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Insurance Premiums & Rates
Cost Containment Leads Employers’ Workers’ Comp Concerns for 2012
Cost containment is by far the number one workers' compensation insurance concern of employers for the next 12 months, a new study shows. Fifty-nine percent of employers say they are very or somewhat concerned about cost containment in 2012. Employers...
John Stahl
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Reform Legislation
NCCI’s State of the Workers’ Compensation Line 2012: The Struggle Continues
By John Stahl, Esq. The State of the Workers’ Compensation Line 2012 presentation at the National Council on Compensation Insurance Holdings. Inc.’s , (NCCI) 2012 Annual Issue Symposium discussed trends in workers’ compensation insurance...
Robin E. Kobayashi
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Reform Legislation
The OSHA Regulatory Burden: New Study Debunks Job Killer, Anti-Competitive Theories
It is a truth universally acknowledged that OSHA workplace regulations are unduly burdensome, negatively impacting an employer’s competitiveness and destroying jobs for workers . The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is one...
California Workers' Compensation Institute
over 11 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Reform Legislation
CWCI Study Finds California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Exceed Pre-Reform Levels
Average amounts paid per claim for treatment, prescriptions and durable medical equipment (DME), medical management and cost containment, and med-legal reports in the California workers' compensation system have grown steadily since 2005, pushing...
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