Outside the Box Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness of Workplace Safety Hazards HELENA, MT—Montana State Fund (MSF), the state’s leading workers’ compensation insurance company, launched a new workplace safety campaign this week. The campaign titled […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) signed an alliance agreement on Sept. 7, 2022, to promote workplace mental health and suicide prevention awareness. During the two-year […]

I am sometimes asked during presentations, at conferences, or just in general conversations why I rarely cover Workers Comp fraud in the 2,000 articles on this website.  I have covered fraud in a few instances […]

There’s been a lot of news around work comp pharmacy of late – time to dive into what’s happening, why, and the implications thereof. No better place to start than WCRI’s just-published study on the latest […]

Workers’ compensation’s original premise, the “Grand Bargain”, has remained consistent since its inception in the early 20th century. There have been exceptions and variations to the definition of disease and injury coverage, types of benefits and […]

HEMIC celebrates 25 years of serving Hawai`i businesses; returns policyholder dividends for the 16th consecutive year NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 6, 2022 HONOLULU, HAWAI`I — The Board of Directors of Hawai`i Employers’ Mutual […]

Sheridan, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Wyoming, an employee may obtain partial permanent disability benefits only if she shows she actively sought suitable work, considering her health, education, training, and experience.    The Wyoming Supreme Court found […]

In the late 1990s, evidence-based medicine was deemed innovative and the “be-all-do-all” for delivering care to injured workers. The EBM mantra advanced in the 21st century packaged in ever-evolving, proprietary treatment guidelines marketed as the […]