Summary: Rising prescription drug costs can affect workers’ compensation claims, as these types of medications account for 14% of claim costs. Find out what workers’ compensation carriers and employers can do to help manage the ever-increasing costs of […]

Cambridge,MA,(WorkersCompensation.com) –Total costs per workers’ compensation claim in Michigan for non-COVID-19 claims in 2020 were stable, the result of offsetting factors, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Although medical […]

Sacremento,CA. — Troy Williams, 49, of Angels Camp, Nanci Morman, 68, of Somerset, and John Allison, 63, of Rocklin, were arraigned yesterday on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after a joint investigation with the […]

Concord,CA—The Cal/OSHA Process Safety Management Unit has cited Valero Refinery of Benicia and three contractors a combined $1,753,375 for serious safety violations following a confined space death of a 35-year-old worker who suffocated in a […]

  Memphis, TN., May 19, 2022 – Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced it has acquired Orchid Medical, a nationwide provider of  ancillary medical management solutions for the workers’ compensation industry. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the face of the workforce. Much like an individual who survived a near-death experience, workers around the world have en masse taken stock of their lives during the past two years, […]

Abbie Hudgens, Administrator of the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, has announced that she recently reappointed Judge Joshua Davis Baker to the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims. Judge Baker sits in Nashville. This will be […]

The IME process is not an area where claims managers want to skimp on quality. Claims that require IMEs have complexity and uncertainty surrounding them — for example, perhaps an adjuster wants to discover the […]