Employers, Workers’ Compensation Carriers Eye Trend in Telehealth: Telerehab December 21, 2017 By Denise Johnson Though employers and workers’ compensation insurers have been utilizing telemedicine for quite some time, there’s been a recent uptick in...
New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York December 20, 2017 New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers...
Shell Sued by Workers over Gulf of Mexico Platform Fire December 19, 2017 Three offshore oil workers filed a lawsuit against units of Royal Dutch Shell and Enbridge, seeking $1 million in damages...
Updated: OSHA Rule Requiring Electronic Reporting of Injuries Goes Into Effect December 15, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal rule requiring certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness reports goes into effect today. The rule applies...
California Workers’ Comp Division to Adopt a Drug Formulary, Host Webinars December 8, 2017 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation will adopt an evidence-based drug formulary for medical providers treating injured workers beginning Jan....
Texas Company Earns Safety Award from Workers’ Comp Division December 7, 2017 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has recognized Lauren Concrete for exemplary workplace safety programs and low rates of work-related...
Texas Mutual Builds New Workers’ Comp Health Care Network – WorkWell, TX December 4, 2017 Workers compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., plans to launch of its own health care network for policyholders, called WorkWell,...
Iowa Exhausts Appeals in Lawsuit over Worker Injury; Costs Could Top $1M December 1, 2017 By Barbara Rodriguez Iowa has exhausted its challenges to a lawsuit filed by a former state employee who said an agency fired him...
Texas Company Agrees to Pay $545.1K Penalty Following Worker Fatality November 30, 2017 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Marshall Pottery Inc. in Marshall, Texas, have reached...
New York Logging Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for $83K Theft November 30, 2017 The former owner of an upstate New York logging company who stole more than $80,000 in workers’ compensation benefits has...