Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud March 13, 2023 Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts...
California Workers’ Comp Research Keys on State’s Massive Healthcare Industry March 2, 2023 A report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California that examines the state’s healthcare system shows the industry...
Washington Man Ordered to Repay $127K in Workers’ Comp Scam February 20, 2023 A Washington contractor who claimed he was too injured to work despite reportedly running his own construction company was ordered...
Few California Workers’ Comp Treatment Request Denials Overturned February 8, 2023 Few medical treatment denials in California workers’ compensation were overturned last year, a review released on Wednesday shows. The California...
California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d February 6, 2023 The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations...
California Workers’ Comp Study Tracks Inpatient Care Utilization Trends January 5, 2023 A new study shows that after across-the-board declines in California inpatient hospitalizations during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020, the number...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Says Premium Fell Sharply Beginning in 2Q 2020 December 20, 2022 Written premium declined sharply beginning in the second quarter of 2020 due to the economic downturn resulting from the pandemic,...
New Mexico Approves Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs December 6, 2022 The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance approved a rate proposal submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Report: It Takes 7 Years to Close Most California Workers’ Comp Claims November 30, 2022 It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Study Shows Higher L.A. Claims Frequency November 10, 2022 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its 2022 WCIRB Geo Study, which underscores regional differences in claim...