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Ronald E. Weiss & Ronald Balter
over 9 years ago
New York
New York Law Blog
New York Workers’ Compensation State of Mind
The year 2012 saw growing controversy over the cost and the effectiveness of the 2007 reforms to the Workers’ Compensation Law. The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board requested an 11.5% increase in premium rates which it ascribed to the...
LexisNexis Occupational Injuries & Illnesses S
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Obesity in the Workforce – An Expanding Problem
American waistlines are expanding, with the adult obesity rate estimated by some to be as high as 40%. The obesity rate in the workforce has historically been lower than that of the general population, but this too is on the increase. Obese workers reportedly...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Affordable Care Act Case-Shifting Incentives May Result in Increased Medical Costs for Workers’ Compensation
As incentives within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) push more and more patients toward so-called “capitated” health insurance plans—in which payments are “prospectively” made to health care providers...
John Stahl
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Premiums Charged by Hospitals for Treating Workers’ Comp Claimants - Study Verifies Different Costs in General Healthcare and Workers’ Compensation Systems
By John Stahl, Esq. A recent report titled “Comparing Workers’ Compensation and Group Health Hospital Outpatient Payments” from the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) documented the premiums that hospitals charged...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 10 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 Occupational Injuries & Illnesses S
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Fighting Fire with Fire – The Impact of Obesity on Firefighter Health
A sure sign of the concern mounting over the rate of obesity in the U.S. is the number of studies that are coming out analyzing the issue from a myriad of different angles. One of the most recent, Adiposity Predicts Self-Reported Frequency of Poor Health...
Rebecca A. Shafer
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) In Workers Compensation
by Rebecca Shafer, J.D. Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is a different approach many small and medium size employers take to obtain workers’ compensation insurance. The employer outsources the responsibilities of workers’ compensation...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Insurer-Supported Engineering Controls Can Lead to Significant Reduction of Overall Workers’ Comp Claims and Costs
New study evaluates controls to reduce/eliminate workplace hazards Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers’...
John Stahl
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Study Links Dow Jones Industrial Average and Workers’ Compensation Costs
Do Insurers’ Returns on Investments Significantly Impact Premiums? By John M. Stahl, Esq. Realistic budgets and other benefits associated with accurately predicting the cost of providing workers’ compensation insurance coverage were factors...
Rebecca A. Shafer
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Workers Comp Cost Containment Starts With Post-Injury Investigation
Employers often think they have completed their investigation of the new workers’ compensation claim when they have finished filling out the state required Employers’ First Report of Injury (FROI). The information on the FROI is a good start...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Industry Bloggers Debate the Workers’ Compensation System
At the recent California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation 11th Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA, industry bloggers Mark Walls ( Work Comp Analysis Group on LinkedIn), Robert Rassp ( The Rassp Report ), Rebecca Shafer ( ReduceYourWorkersComp )...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The One-Two Punch of Benzodiazepines and Opioids on Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs
New study finds combined use of these drugs significantly increases workers’ comp costs Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert...
John Stahl
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Successes and Failures of Fee Schedules: How Medical Providers Circumvent Fee Schedule-Related Revenue Losses
By John Stahl, Esq. Any first-semester political science major can tell you that government regulation is a common method for controlling what a business can charge for goods or services. Fee schedules provide this price control regarding workers’...
Rebecca A. Shafer
over 7 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
7 Things Employers Should Do to Avoid a ProPublica Report
I am reading the ProPublica Report with great interest because there are so many things I agree with. After reading all the press brouhaha over this report however, I still regard the high cost of workers compensation (for those companies which do have...
John Stahl
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
High Drug Costs Attributed to Premiums for Physician-Dispensed Prescriptions: Study Reviews Price Gap Reducing Reforms
By John Stahl, Esq. The fact that many workers’ compensation claimants obtained prescription drugs directly from physicians was not the problem; the primary issue was that these medical professionals often charged much more than a pharmacy for...
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