Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Privacy Regulations Under HIPAA Raise Concerns for P/C Insurers
Apr 15 2003 // While privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) do not apply directly to property/casualty insurers, the industry is expecting a significant impact due to health care...
S&P’s Report Evaluates Calif.’s WC Market
Apr 14 2003 // Strict underwriting controls imposed on the California State Compensation Insurance Fund(SCIF) are one bright spot in a gloomy scene for workers’ compensation writers in the state, according to a new report by...
Hartwig to Keynote AMCOMP Luncheon in NYC
Apr 11 2003 // Donald DeCarlo, president and chairman of the American Society of Workers Comp Professionals, Inc. (AMCOMP) announced that the association will present Dr. Robert Hartwig at networking and luncheon event being held at The...
S&P’s Report Evaluates Calif.’s WC Market
Apr 11 2003 // Strict underwriting controls imposed on the California State Compensation Insurance Fund(SCIF) are one bright spot in a gloomy scene for workers’ compensation writers in the state, according to a new report by...
Medical Fee Schedule Measure is Vital to Reforming Calif.’s WC, Says AIA
Apr 10 2003 // Legislation to overhaul California’s workers’ compensation medical billing system is crucial to controlling escalating medical costs and would be a big step towards reforming California’s troubled...
Fla. Governor, Lt. Governor Announce Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 9 2003 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Lt. Governor Toni Jennings announced comprehensive workers’ compensation reforms at a rally of Florida homebuilders at the state’s Capitol. At the rally, Bush commented that part...
Employers, Labor Leaders to Testify on Alarcón’s WC Bill
Apr 9 2003 // In a rare move, employers and labor leaders will both go before the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee in support of SB 228-authored by Senator Richard Alarcón (D) Van Nuys. SB 228 will be heard on April 9,...
Silva Ordered to Pay for Texas Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 8 2003 // The 132nd District Court in Scurry County, Texas, sentenced Jake V. Silva to two years imprisonment (probated to five years on probation) and 160 hours of community service after finding him guilty of fraudulently...
Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent
Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...
Employers, Labor Leaders to Testify on Alarcón’s WC Bill
Apr 8 2003 // In a rare move, employers and labor leaders will both go before the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee in support of SB 228-authored by Senator Richard Alarcón (D) Van Nuys. SB 228 will be heard on April 9,...
Health Net Plus Partners with Qmedtrix to Offer New WC Solution
Apr 7 2003 // Health Net Plus, the workers’ compensation managed care services unit of Health Net Employer Services Inc., announced that it has partnered with Qmedtrix Systems Inc. to offer a new electronic solution called Q-Worx...
CWCI SEMINAR TO LOOK AT POST AB 749 STRATEGIES
Apr 7 2003 // The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has announced it will conduct a one-day case law seminar in May in San Francisco and Long Beach. The program will examine trends in case law in light of the...
SB 228 Targets Skyrocketing Medical Costs in WC System
Apr 7 2003 // California Senator Richard Alarcón (D-Van Nuys), recently introduced new legislation designed to reduce the skyrocketing medical costs in California’s workers’ compensation system. The bill, SB 228, will...
White Took a Chance and Built Alliance Insurance Services
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
CDI Orders Cease & Desist on Oriska Ins. Co.
Apr 4 2003 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that the California Department of Insurance (CDI) served a Cease and Desist Order on Oriska Insurance Company based in Oriskany, New York, following an investigation that...
RAND Recommends Reforms of Calif. WC Courts
Apr 3 2003 // The system that resolves workers’ compensation disputes in California is failing to provide the swift justice required by law and needs to be reformed, according to a study by RAND’s Institute for Civil...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 3 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Community Mourns Loss of Alan Tebb
Apr 2 2003 // Alan Tebb, former general manager of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the research and education arm of the California workers’ compensation industry, passed away March 31 following a brief...
RAND Recommends Reforms of Calif. WC Courts
Apr 2 2003 // The system that resolves workers’ compensation disputes in California is failing to provide the swift justice required by law and needs to be reformed, according to a study by RAND’s Institute for Civil...
Over-utilization of Chiro. Care Hurting Calif. WC, AIA Says
Apr 2 2003 // Legislation to curb over-utilization of chiropractic care without physician oversight will help control the skyrocketing medical costs that are jeopardizing California’s workers’ compensation system, said the...
