A proposal by a Florida government watchdog group to revamp how medical claim disputes are handled has underscored the deep divide between claimants’ and insurance
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When businesses ask the West Virginia insurance commissioner’s office for advice on exempting workers from mandatory workers’ compensation coverage, they are directed to the Internal
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The three-part test to determine whether a worker is an employee that the California Supreme Court adopted this summer for wage-order claims could be applied to
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Medical payment disputes appear to have increased sharply in New Jersey’s workers’ comp system, rekindling a debate over whether the state needs a medical fee
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Hospitals in Tennessee could see a slight bump in reimbursements if new workers’ compensation fee schedules are approved early next year.
The proposed schedules and
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Increased use of the supplemental benefit program created by 2012 reforms, and less revenue from lien filing fees, both contributed to the need for the Department of
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New devices intended to help address the opioid crisis — ranging from a digitally controlled pill dispenser to a deep transcranial magnetic stimulation system — may soon
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At a hearing in Tallahassee last week on proposed billing dispute resolution procedures, medical providers urged Florida regulators to allow them a way to correct minor
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What in effect is the final report card before California Gov. Jerry Brown leaves office shows that the workers’ compensation reforms he championed have performed
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Employees are facing a changing landscape of work-related risks, which may include robots, temporary employees and workplace violence, yet employers are doing little to address
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