by Kelia Scott | May 21, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The National Council on Compensation Insurance’s Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) took place last week where Kathy Antonello, NCCI’s Chief Actuary delivered the “State of the Line Report” on workers’ comp. For calendar year 2017, the combined ratio was 89 percent, a...
by Kelia Scott | May 17, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released a study examining the impact of Pennsylvania’s House Bill 1846, a bill that changed reimbursement rules by capping prices paid for physician-dispensed drugs, and restricted provider’s ability to dispense...
by Kelia Scott | May 16, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employee for Winston-Salem, NC, is not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for the injuries he suffered while on his work lunch break. In 2015 Larry Brooks was working on a utility crew for the city. He took...
by Kelia Scott | May 15, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that the total cost per workers’ compensation claim in Florida grew moderately between 2011 and 2016. All the key components of claim costs (medical payments per claim, indemnity benefits per claim, and...
by Kelia Scott | May 14, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s Joint Committee of Agency Rule Review is looking at a proposed rule that would allow the bureau to reimburse for behavioral tests for injured workers who are experiencing barriers in their road to recovery. Certain things...
