Penalties collected from claims handlers throughout California fell by more than half in the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest audit, which found the lowest amount
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When Pennsylvania lawmakers approved Act 46, setting up a cancer presumption for firefighters, many said they were doing the right thing for the brave men
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California’s Labor Code and Medical-Legal Fee Schedule both appear to allow a primary treating physician to perform a comprehensive medical-legal report, but the laws and
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Low-back pain may be losing ground as one of the top causes of workers’ comp claims, according to a new study that found lower-back injuries
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Tennessee employers may have been expecting an early Christmas present this year after the National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended one of the largest rate decreases
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The Los Angeles businessman accused of scamming insurers out of $284 million has given generously to California politicos and has been especially fond of candidates running
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In many workers’ comp cases, there’s a narrow window of opportunity when parties on both sides of the claim are close to reaching a settlement,
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New York, Wyoming and Iowa employers in 2016 saw the largest increase in workers’ compensation costs as a share of payroll, while Michigan and Ohio
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SAN DIEGO — Medical providers who treat California workers’ compensation applicants on a lien basis are playing a fool’s game, physicians and attorneys said Wednesday
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Most states provide that workers' compensation coverage is not required for all agricultural workers. But only in New Mexico has such an exclusion been overturned as unconstitutional.
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