Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Research Shows Low-Volume/High-Cost Meds in California Workers’ Comp
Feb 28 2023 // New research on low-volume/high-cost drugs used to treat injured workers in California spotlights a handful of anti-inflammatory and anticonvulsant medications that have become significant cost drivers despite accounting...
When ‘Preparing for Work’ Falls Under Virginia Workers’ Compensation
Feb 23 2023 // An employee who was injured while scraping ice off his company-owned truck parked at his home is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has ruled, reversing a deputy...
Florida Workers’ Comp Revises Wording on Payment to Surgical Centers
Feb 22 2023 // The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has made a tweak to its proposed reimbursement manual for ambulatory surgical centers. The change, posted after a Jan. 12 hearing on the issue, would clarify the wording...
Washington Man Ordered to Repay $127K in Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 20 2023 // A Washington contractor who claimed he was too injured to work despite reportedly running his own construction company was ordered to pay back the state more than $127,000. Daniel Joseph Lesieur, of Washougal, pleaded...
New Jersey Supreme Court Remands Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case for Allocation of Fault
Feb 16 2023 // There will be a jury retrial on allocation of liability in a New Jersey workers’ compensation premium fraud case won by Liberty Insurance Corp. against a construction firm. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled...
OSHA Cites Tree Services Firm Over 17-Year Old Worker Killed in Woodchipper
Feb 15 2023 // On a Tuesday afternoon in the summer of August 2022, federal workplace safety inspectors responded to a police report that a 17-year-old worker had died after being pulled into a woodchipper at a work site near...
Department of Labor Withdrawing Proposal to Revoke Approval of Arizona’s OSHA Plan
Feb 14 2023 // The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to withdraw a proposal to reconsider and revoke final approval of Arizona’s for occupational safety and...
Philadelphia Eagles Team Loses to Ex-Player in Workers’ Compensation Fight
Feb 10 2023 // The National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles football team has failed to score a victory in a disability case involving former linebacker Emmanuel Acho who suffered thumb injuries in 2015 while with the...
Swift Named VP at ATF Medical, a Workers’ Comp Rehab Equipment Supplier
Feb 9 2023 // Brendan Swift, recently with Elevance Health, has been named vice president for payer partnerships and marketing with ATF Medical, a national provider of rehabilitation equipment and housing solutions for the...
Few California Workers’ Comp Treatment Request Denials Overturned
Feb 8 2023 // Few medical treatment denials in California workers’ compensation were overturned last year, a review released on Wednesday shows. The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an annual report on the...
North Dakota Governor Signs Law Expanding Workers’ Comp for Police Officers, Firefighters
Feb 8 2023 // Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill this week that will expand workers’ compensation coverage for full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers. Currently, a full-time firefighter or law enforcement officer who is...
Rogner, Helwig Named to Workers’ Comp Charity Board in Florida
Feb 8 2023 // Kids’ Chance, a charity organization established by the the workers’ compensation industry, has named new board members for its Florida operation. The all-volunteer Kids’ Chance of Florida, like sister...
After 2 Deaths, New York Roofing Firm Still Ignoring Fall Protections, Claims OSHA
Feb 8 2023 // Nanuet, New York-based roofing contractor ALJ Home Improvement Inc. is ignoring safety requirements despite having suffered the loss of two workers since 2019 in falls that were preventable, the Occupational Safety and...
Fla. Lawmakers to Start Another Session, Could Affect Workers’ Comp, Bens for Disney
Feb 7 2023 // Florida lawmakers will meet Monday to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and expand a migrant relocation program, key conservative priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis...
California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d
Feb 6 2023 // The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations include the permanent adoption of emergency...
Workers Comp Insurtech Pie Transitions to Full-Stack Carrier
Feb 3 2023 // Small-business workers compensation provider Pie Insurance has completed its transition to a full-stack carrier. Effective Jan. 1, the company said it acquired nationally licensed insurance company The American Insurance...
OSHA Fines Missouri Company After Worker’s Death
Feb 2 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A federal agency has recommended nearly $200,000 in fines after an apprentice technician died from electrocution at a construction site in Kansas City last year – just a year after another...
OSHA Cites Connecticut Contractor for Worker’s Death in Trench Collapse
Feb 2 2023 // A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried...
SC Workers’ Comp Commission Holds Hearing on New Medical Provider Fees
Jan 31 2023 // The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission will hold a hearing Feb. 13 on the proposed, 2023 medical service provider manual, which includes new fee schedules and an anesthesia conversion factor. FairHealth,...
SC Supreme Court: Missed Deadline Not Reason to Dismiss Workers’ Comp Fee Appeal
Jan 30 2023 // Judges are often sticklers for court deadlines, but they have to at least give a reason for dismissing a case when a lawyer fails to file a brief on time, the South Carolina Supreme Court said this month in a sharp rebuke...
