Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
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Jun 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added risk management and insurance professionals Rose Nordbrock, Jeff Breskin, Pabla Barros and Jose Fuentes to the firm’s operations in Southern California. Nordbrock...
OSHA Seeking $65K in Penalties in Colorado Envirotech Worker Death
Jun 18 2018 // Federal regulators are proposing nearly $65,000 in penalties for a Colorado company where a worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning the inside of a rail car. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Digital Workers’ Comp Agency Pie Insurance Enters 3 More States
Jun 18 2018 // Digital agency Pie Insurance has begun selling its low-cost small business workers’ compensation insurance policies online in Colorado, Louisiana and Texas. That brings the total states for Pie to seven, as in March...
WCIRB: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium to be Down Again This Year
Jun 15 2018 // Lower workers’ compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. That revelation is expected...
Wisconsin Contractor Cited, Fined $120.3K for Workplace Safety Hazards
Jun 15 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited a Wisconsin roofing contractor for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards at two separate job sites. Penalties proposed for Appleton roofing contractor Hector Hernandez by...
Greenwalt Named General Counsel at Oklahoma’s Workers’ Comp Commission
Jun 15 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has named Sarah Greenwalt as the agency’s new general counsel, effective June 25. Greenwalt most recently served as senior counsel to the administrator of the...
Brown Appointed Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation
Jun 14 2018 // Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Cassie Brown as Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). She succeeds Ryan Brannan, who left the division on May 1. Brown’s term expires...
How Prices for Injured Workers’ Medical Professional Care Compare in 35 States: WCRI
Jun 14 2018 // Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to 158 percent above median in Wisconsin, according to a 35-state study. States with no...
West Virginia Supreme Court Says Widow Entitled to Husband’s Workers’ Comp Benefits
Jun 14 2018 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a Rhode Island woman whose husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel is entitled to West Virginia workers’ compensation benefits. The state Workers’ Compensation...
California Doctor Indicted in $700K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 13 2018 // Dr. Gary Royce Wisner, 61, of Lodi, Calif., is scheduled for arraignment today at the San Joaquin County Superior Court on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly bilking insurers out of more than $700,000 by...
Florida-Based SUNZ Holdings Acquires Ascential Care Partners
Jun 12 2018 // SUNZ Holdings, headquartered in Bradenton, Fla., has acquired Ascential Care Partners, LLC, a national URAC accredited case management and utilization review company. The purchase and associated capital contribution...
OSHA Seeking $65K in Penalties in Colorado Envirotech Worker Death
Jun 11 2018 // Federal regulators are proposing nearly $65,000 in penalties for a Colorado company where a worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning the inside of a rail car. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
California State Fund Says It Reduced Opioid Prescriptions by 60%
Jun 11 2018 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is reporting a significant reduction in the number of opioid prescriptions for injured workers through a program launched four years ago. State Fund’s...
Texas Workers’ Comp Study: 40% of Claimants Have Previous Work Injuries
Jun 8 2018 // There are about 200,000 new claims in each year in the Texas workers’ compensation system, representing about 2 percent of covered Texas employees. About 40 percent of those new claims involve claimants who have had...
New York Surgeon Sentenced for Nearly $87K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Jun 8 2018 // A central New York orthopedic surgeon has been sentenced for running an ongoing scheme that defrauded the workers’ compensation system by nearly $87,000. Dr. Gregory B. Shankman, of Clinton, N.Y., was sentenced in...
New York State Workers’ Compensation Board Proposes New Medical Fee Schedule
Jun 8 2018 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has released a proposed increase in medical reimbursement to providers who treat workers’ compensation patients. The proposed medical fee schedule includes an...
Tesla Seeks to Quell Doubts About Factory Workers’ Safety
Jun 8 2018 // Tesla Inc. would need to release more information than Elon Musk gave shareholders to set the record straight on the electric-car maker’s work-safety record, according to former occupational health officials who...
Digital Workers’ Comp Agency Pie Insurance Enters 3 More States
Jun 6 2018 // Digital agency Pie Insurance has begun selling its low-cost small business workers’ compensation insurance policies online in Colorado, Louisiana and Texas. That brings the total states for Pie to seven as in March...
Illinois Passes Bill Requiring Pre-Approval of Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Jun 4 2018 // The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill that requires the pre-approval of workers’ compensation insurance rates by the Illinois Department of Insurance. The legislation also “permits sensible corporate...
Workers’ Comp Claim Cost Changed Little in Indiana After Reforms Enacted
Jun 4 2018 // The average total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Indiana was stable in the years since the state enacted workers’ comp system reforms, according to a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute...
