Injection therapy may be one type of treatment that gets a boost from efforts to reduce opioid prescribing, according to a work comp corporate medical
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Kansas’ workers’ compensation system is not an adequate stand-in for the right to sue employers for workplace injuries so long as the latest edition of
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Once more, with feeling.
Bill Herrle
Despite three years of inaction by the Legislature, the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation is moving
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California employers are paying less for workers’ compensation coverage than they were three years ago, thanks in large part to savings flowing from Senate Bill
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Medical inflation, an increase in litigation or a dampening of the current “heavily favorable” loss reserve development are a few of the factors that could
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The issue started with the self-insured Texas Association of School Boards. Insurance groups have also been vocal in their objections to vague regulations that they
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Lawmakers in nearly every state considered legislation addressing prescription drugs this year, with 20 focusing on issues directly relating to workers’ compensation, including physician dispensing
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Starting Friday, Arizona insurers and claimants can enter into “full and final” settlements on accepted claims.
Mark Kendall
While the Arizona Industrial Commission
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It was no Cinderella story.
Rep. Sean Garballey
As the clock approached midnight Tuesday, signaling the end of the Massachusetts legislature's 2018
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Safety consultants don’t need to fully assume the employer’s responsibility to provide a safe workplace in order to owe a duty of care to workers,
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