by Kelia Scott | May 10, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation discovered they were being overcharged for their pharmacy program. The Columbus-based Healthplan Data Solutions did an analysis of their contract and found that the private company the bureau had hired overcharged the agency in...
by Kelia Scott | May 9, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The number of paid workers’ compensation claims in the state of Minnesota fell by more than 50 percent between 1996 and 2016. The 2016 Minnesota Workers’ Compensation System Report was released by the state’s Department of Labor and Industry and is released annually....
by Kelia Scott | May 8, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Research Bureau (WCIRB) released a study that noted the effects of the Affordable Care Act on workers’ comp. The UC Berkeley Center of Labor Research and Education reported that 2.5 million workers got health insurance through the...
by Kelia Scott | May 7, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Buffalo, NY U-Haul facility after a renovation exposed their workers to asbestos and silica hazards. The U-Haul Company was renovating their 665 Perry St. storage facility. Inspectors at the site determined...
by Kelia Scott | May 7, 2018 | Workers' Comp News
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) released a study that tracked the number of workers’ comp related hospital stays and spinal surgeries in the state between 2008 and 2016, and they found that both fell significantly. The number of inpatient...
