Delaware Workers Compensation Task Force News

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Oversight Panel Begins Work

A Delaware panel established to oversee efforts to keep the state’s workers compensation rates affordable is getting down to work. Delaware’s Workers Compensation Oversight Panel is charged with creating a new medical fee schedule that would result in a 33 …

Del. Lawmakers Approve Bill Aimed at Lowering Workers’ Comp Medical Costs

Delaware lawmakers have given final approval to legislation aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates in Delaware. The bill approved unanimously by the Senate on Wednesday calls for a 33 percent reduction in medical costs for workers’ compensation cases over …

Delaware Lawmakers Eye Proposals to Lower Workers’ Comp Medical Costs

Delaware lawmakers are expected to act quickly on recommendations from a state task force aimed at lowering workers’ compensation insurance rates. The task force presented lawmakers a report on May 15 proposing that workers compensation medical costs to be trimmed …

Delaware Task Force Eyes Lower Workers’ Compensation Costs

Delaware’s state panel established to address recent rate increases for workers’ compensation insurance in the state is recommending that medical costs be trimmed by 33 percent over the next three years. The Workers’ Compensation Task Force voted on May 9 …

Delaware Workers’ Compensation Panel Meets

A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering a two-year freeze on inflation-based fee increases for medical providers. The proposal is one of several the panel was to consider at its meeting on April 19 …

Delaware Workers Compensation Panel Continues Work

A state panel looking at soaring workers compensation rates in Delaware is considering whether injured workers should be paid total disability benefits for 90 days even if they can perform light duty in the workplace. The proposal is one of …