#WCI2016: Breakout for Agents (Day 2)
A special two-day Breakout for Agents is being sponsored by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) on Monday, August 22, and...
View Article#WCI2016: Ultimate Bloggers Panel, Tuesday, August 23
It’s the fourth annual Ultimate Bloggers Panel at the 71st annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando on Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 1:15 - 2:30 p.m. The session is part of the National...
View Article#WCI2016: Professional Employer Organization Breakout
Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) are an important piece of the workers’ compensation landscape. This year, the 71st annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference devotes an entire day...
View Article#WCI2016: The Center for Excellence - Better Together (Day 1)
The Center for Excellence returns for two days of exceptional presentations at the 71st Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando. Kimberly George, senior vice president of...
View ArticleCWCI Study Measures Impact of RBRVS Fee Schedule in Workers’ Compensation
A new study by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI), “Impact of the RBRVS Fee Schedule on California Workers’ Comp Physician and Non-Physician Practitioner Service Payments,” shows...
View ArticleMedical Providers Try Uber, Lyft for Patients With Few Transportation Options
By ZHAI YUN TAN Edith Stowe, 83, waited patiently on a recent afternoon at the bus stop outside MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia. It’s become routine for her, but that...
View ArticleOhio Supreme Court to Address Medical Marijuana Issue
The Ohio Supreme Court has directed its staff to prepare a draft amendment to the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct that would clarify the services attorneys can offer clients seeking to comply with...
View Article#WCI2016: Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Breakout
The Florida Department of Financial Services - Division of Workers’ Compensation presents a half-day session on regulatory issues and processes unique to the Sunshine State on Wednesday, August 24,...
View Article#WCI 2016: Breakout on Medical Issues, Including Mini-Med School
It’s back to school for adjusters, lawyers, and nurse case managers as the 71st annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference presents "Mini-Med School: Evaluating Claims of Chemical-Induced...
View ArticleFit to Be Tried: Wearable Devices in the Courtroom
By NICHOLAS A. DIBBLE It is no secret that workers’ compensation claims are prime targets for manipulation and conjecture. Distilling whether someone who claims a permanent disability as a result of a...
View ArticleHear and Now: DOL Wants to Hear about Noise Reduction Innovations
Twenty-two million workers are exposed to potentially damaging noise at work each year. Last year, U.S. business paid more than $1.5 million in penalties for not protecting workers from noise. While...
View ArticleDrug and Device Makers Pay Thousands of Docs With Disciplinary Records
By JESSICA HUSEMAN Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are continuing to pay doctors as promotional speakers and expert advisers even after they’ve been disciplined for serious misconduct,...
View ArticleZika Virus Continues to Spread Across Florida
By SEAN DUFFY Officials in Florida on Tuesday confirmed another case of Zika virus that was likely transmitted locally, this time on the opposite side of the state from the hard-hit Miami area. Gov....
View ArticleTennessee Seeing Spike in Workplace Fatalities
Twenty-two Tennessee workers have suffered fatal job-related injuries since January, according to a new report fro the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration (TOSHA). "In the month of...
View ArticleScorecard Quantifies Workers’ Compensation Claim and Payment Differences in...
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has debuted a new series of research publications, “California Workers’ Compensation Regional Score Cards,” which use subsets of data from CWCI’s...
View ArticleWCI Briefs: 8.25.16
To save you time, here’s a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news, each in 500 words or less. Oklahoma's highest court is preparing to decide one of the biggest workers’ compensation...
View ArticleThe Case Against a Cancer Presumption for Firefighters
By REINALDO (REY) ALVAREZ Firefighters put their lives on the line every single day. Their status as heroes was solidified during the 9/11 terror attacks, but we have always known that firefighters are...
View ArticleProposed Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease in Missouri
Missouri employers should see a reduction in workers’ compensation rates for the third straight year in a row according to preliminary figures collected by the Missouri Department of Insurance from the...
View ArticleFormer Corrections Officer Charged With Felony in Workers’ Compensation Scam
A former corrections officer stands accused of holding three security jobs while claiming his on-the-job injury was so serious he couldn’t work. A Washington State Department of Labor &...
View ArticleACOEM Reports on Drug Formularies in Workers’ Compensation
As the number of states establishing workers’ compensation drug formularies continues to increase, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has issued a position paper...
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