California Workers’ Comp Bureau Chief Addresses COVID’s Impact on System May 15, 2020 By Don Jergler Bill Mudge has been put in a unique position during the pandemic. He’s got a sizeable workforce he’s had to...
California Workers’ Comp Report Shows Written Premium Down 6% in 2019 April 23, 2020 Workers’ compensation written premium in California for calendar year 2019 was 6% below that for calendar year 2018, according to...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau to Restrict COVID-19 Experience, Payroll in Rating April 21, 2020 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has submitted a special regulatory filing to the California Insurance Commissioner with...
California Workers’ Comp to Exclude COVID-19 From Rating, Payroll April 17, 2020 The governing committee of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Friday voted unanimously for a special regulatory...
California’s Workers’ Comp Bureau Will Skip Mid-Year Filing Due to COVID-19 April 8, 2020 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s governing committee has decided not to submit a July 1, 2020 rate....
Report on California Workers’ Comp Looks at Medical Provider Fraud December 4, 2019 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California in a follow-up analysis to its 2018 study that evaluated the potential...
California Workers’ Compensation Bureau Testifies on 2020 Advisory Rate Drop October 15, 2019 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday presented the actuarial basis for an average proposed Jan. 1,...
California Workers’ Comp Bureau Releases Cost Monitoring Update on Reforms October 11, 2019 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California this week issued a prospective estimate of the cost impact of Senate...
Report: California Workers’ Comp Medical Payment Trends Fell in 2018 September 4, 2019 Medical payments in California’s workers’ compensation system continued to decline in 2018 as the medical payments per claim decreased, according...
Report Examines First-Year Impact of California’s New Drug Formulary September 3, 2019 A new report shows that an evidence-based drug formulary put into effect by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation over...