by Kelia Scott | Jan 6, 2020 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) “CompScope Medical Benchmarks for North Carolina, 20th Edition,” shows that medical payments per claim in the state have decreased year after year since 2014. The authors of the study attribute that to fee schedule...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 2, 2020 | Workers' Comp News
Do you know what the most common workers’ comp fraud schemes are? According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, fraud can cost insurers and employers over $7 billion a year. Studies show 10 percent or more of all property/casualty insurance claims are fraudulent....
by Kelia Scott | Dec 30, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Thomas Foods International after issuing citations for workplace safety and health violations at the company’s meat processing facility in...
by Kelia Scott | Dec 30, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Virginia Court of Appeals in Richmond held that an Amazon worker failed to show he used enough exertion in his warehouse job to injure his shoulder. They upheld an earlier decision from the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission which denied his request for...
by Kelia Scott | Dec 30, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) partnered with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make funding available to study collaborative robots...
