Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Partners?

As an organization you have spent countless hours making sure that you connect yourself with the right partners to obtain maximum benefits to your company. This is especially true in workers’ compensation when you look to managed care partners to make sure you...

Work Comp Interpreters Sentenced for Fraud

A husband and wife team that owned and operated a foreign language interpreter business in Mountain Terrace, WA have been sentenced to 90 days in jail for a work comp billing scheme. Phillip and Kitzia Ward, were sentenced for one felony count of first-degree theft...

Community Rallies Around Injured Worker

We are always posting stories about fatalities or someone trying to get one over on the system.  Today we bring you a story about a community that came together to help a neighbor injured on the job. Injured workers have long known the struggles it takes when trying...

OSHA Finds Shipyard Exposed Workers to Lead

OSHA has found that Fraser Shipyards Inc. overexposed its workers to lead and other heavy metals while retrofitting a ship’s engine room.  OSHA took samples from workers and found that 14 workers had lead levels of up to 20 times the exposure limit as well as...