by Kelia Scott | Nov 19, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia held that a miner’s pancreatitis was work-related and is compensable, upholding a West Virginia Board of Review’s decision. Mr. Chaffin worked as a maintenance foreman for Blue Creek Mining in Charleston, WC. He alleged...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 19, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A new study from the California Workers’ Comp Institute (CWCI) says that the prevalence of opioids in the state’s workers’ comp lost-time claims has dropped by 51 percent over the past ten years, reducing average benefit payments and average days away from work. That...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 14, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
CompPharma released their 16th annual survey for “Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation”. The report looks at 2018 data from 31 respondents and a topic of interest this year was transparency in pharmacy pricing. The top findings from the survey were...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 13, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) released a finance results update to their State of the Line Report presented in May. In May, the report reflected the most up-to-date data available and now they have provided updated results for 2019 and...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 12, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A Buffalo Wild Wings employee in Massachusetts died, and ten others were hospitalized last week after they were exposed to a strong chemical cleaner in the restaurant. The Burlington, MA fire department responded to a chemical reaction in the kitchen of the...
