How Workers’ Compensation Outpatient Costs Compare Across States by Fee Regulation June 29, 2018 Hospital outpatient payments were higher and growing faster in states with percent-of-charge-based fee regulations or no fee schedules, finds a...
Florida Man Sentenced to Five Years’ Probation for Workers’ Comp Fraud June 25, 2018 A Trinity, Fla., man has been sentenced to five years’ probation, with the first six months to be served on...
Chubb Adds Artisan Contractors Coverage to Small Business Online Platform June 22, 2018 Chubb has introduced a new insurance product available to more than 60 classes of artisan contractors through its new digital...
AmTrust Shareholders Approve Revised $2.95 Billion Plan to Go Private June 21, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurer AmTrust Financial Services said that AmTrust stockholders have approved a deal for it to become a private entity, a...
Louisiana in May Saw a 44.4K Annual Increase in Number of Employed June 21, 2018 Louisiana Workforce Commission said as of May the state has experienced a year-over-year increase of 44,453 in the number of...
Illnesses at Houston Workplace Blamed on Carbon Monoxide June 20, 2018 About two dozen people have been treated for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a Houston food distribution center. Firefighters were...
Maine Employers Are Not Required to Reimburse Employees for Medical Marijuana Use June 19, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that employers in the state are not required to reimburse employees for their use...
WCIRB: California Workers’ Comp Written Premium to be Down Again This Year June 15, 2018 By Don Jergler Lower workers’ compensation rates in California will bring down written premium once again this year, according to a forecast from...
Missouri Jury Orders Rams to Pay $12.5M for Reggie Bush Injury June 14, 2018 A jury in St. Louis on Tuesday ordered the NFL’s Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million...
How Prices for Injured Workers’ Medical Professional Care Compare in 35 States: WCRI June 14, 2018 Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to...