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CWCI Study Finds California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Exceed Pre-Reform Levels
Posted on 14 Sep 2011 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

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... Read More

Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (11/25/2011) – Climbing Over Guardrail and Jumping or Falling 60 Feet Was Not Within Course of Employment
Posted on 23 Nov 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Statute of Limitations, Structured Settlements, Special Errand, Unexplained Fall, and LHWCA Maximum Weekly Rate. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer... Read More

Texas: Performance Based Oversight (12/23/11 Update)
Posted on 24 Dec 2011 by Stuart D. Colburn

Beginning January 1, 2012, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will begin its six month collection of data to assess insurance carriers for Performance Based Oversight (PBO). The PBO period will last until June 30, 2011. The PBO measures... Read More

CWCI Study Tracks Growth of California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

A new CWCI study on changes in California workers’ compensation medical payments finds that since accident year (AY) 2005 – the first year after the last round of workers’ compensation reforms – the average amounts insurers pay... Read More

Not Just Another Daddy’s Girl….And a New Development on the Statute of Limitations in Delaware
Posted on 31 Jul 2012 by Cassandra Roberts

This is really the Ketevan Sophia Sensor Post. The little charmer above is none other than Mike Sensor's daughter, Ketevan....sometimes known as "Keti Spaghetti". This child is so popular, so precocious she has her own following on Twitter... Read More

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup: Powered by Larson's (5/29/2012)
Posted on 29 May 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Sign up here to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS: 21st Annual National Workers' Compensation Conference... Read More

CWCI Report Tracks California Workers’ Comp Medical and Indemnity Payment Trends
Posted on 11 Apr 2016 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

Oakland - New CWCI research that tracks average California workers’ comp medical loss, indemnity benefit and medical cost containment (MCC) payments on accident year (AY) 2005 - 2014 lost-time claims valued at the end of June 2015 shows mixed results... Read More

A Local Earthquake Heralds Changes to the Delaware Work Comp Health Care Payment System
Posted on 23 Aug 2011 by Cassandra Roberts

Okay so where were you when you heard the news? Or felt the rumble? The advisory below from the Department of Labor arrived amidst a local earthquake. While this is not an oddity in some states, here in the First State we like to think we are standing... Read More

CWCI Study Tracks Growth of California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

A new CWCI study on changes in California workers’ compensation medical payments finds that since accident year (AY) 2005 – the first year after the last round of workers’ compensation reforms – the average amounts insurers pay... Read More

Not Just Another Daddy’s Girl….And a New Development on the Statute of Limitations in Delaware
Posted on 31 Jul 2012 by Cassandra Roberts

This is really the Ketevan Sophia Sensor Post. The little charmer above is none other than Mike Sensor's daughter, Ketevan....sometimes known as "Keti Spaghetti". This child is so popular, so precocious she has her own following on Twitter... Read More

Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (11/25/2011) – Climbing Over Guardrail and Jumping or Falling 60 Feet Was Not Within Course of Employment
Posted on 23 Nov 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Statute of Limitations, Structured Settlements, Special Errand, Unexplained Fall, and LHWCA Maximum Weekly Rate. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer... Read More

Texas: Performance Based Oversight (12/23/11 Update)
Posted on 24 Dec 2011 by Stuart D. Colburn

Beginning January 1, 2012, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will begin its six month collection of data to assess insurance carriers for Performance Based Oversight (PBO). The PBO period will last until June 30, 2011. The PBO measures... Read More

CWCI Study Finds California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments Exceed Pre-Reform Levels
Posted on 14 Sep 2011 by California Workers' Compensation Institute

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... Read More

TX: DWC Wants To Reconsider Payment Of Medical Bills
Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by workerscompensation.com

Austin, TX (CompNewsNetwork) - The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting comments on informally proposed rules to amend 28 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §§133.2; 133.240, 133.250, and... Read More

GA: SBWC Posts WC-26 Reminder
Posted on 28 Jan 2011 by workerscompensation.com

Atlanta, GA (CompNewsNetwork) - The WC-26, Consolidated Yearly Report of Medical Only Cases and Annual Payments on Indemnity Claims, is filed on or before March 1st following each calendar year in respect to all medical and indemnity payments for the... Read More