
With more than two-dozen worker-friendly bills on the table and just over a month left in the 2019 session, Democratic lawmakers are now discussing ways to
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Two Florida Supreme Court decisions in 2016, along with recent increases in the state’s medical fee schedule, may be boosting workers’ comp claim costs in
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Although insurers and employers are often on the same side of the workers' compensation battlefield, representatives from the two groups offered diverging opinions about how
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Stay active. Try alternative therapies such as acupuncture or yoga. Make sure the benefits of medications outweigh the harm.
Beth Darnall
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Oregon lawmakers are set to vote on a bill that opponents earlier this year said could upset nearly 30 years of stability following the last
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While a bill pending in the California Legislature would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for firefighters, at least one jurisdiction in
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When outdoor temperatures rise, workers’ comp claims heat up, too, with an increase in the frequency of heat-related illnesses as well as injuries such as
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With Democrats in control of the Legislature and the governor's office for the first time in eight years, worker advocates have slated 27 bills that
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Gov. Larry Hogan this week signed into law two bills that expand cancer presumption for first responders.
The action is the latest in a year
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After falling in the years following implementation of Senate Bill 863, medical costs per lost-time claim in California’s workers’ comp system have increased 4%, according
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Join the Claims Association of Greater Chicago (CAGC) for a day of golf, networking, and fun at Th …
Aug 8, 2026
HIRMA's upcoming Beach Clean Up on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Huntingto …
Aug 9, 2026
Step up to the plate and join Kids’ Chance of Illinois on August 9, 2026, for our “Take Me Out to …