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Medical Marijuana Use In Workers Comp Looms: Panel

The landscape for the use of medical marijuana and cannabinoids is changing in workers compensation, and it's likely that more insurers will be required to pay for this in the near future, experts say.
May 23, 2019 Life & Health Workers' Compensation

Healthcare Industry Exposed To Many Workers’ Compensation Risks

The healthcare industry accounts for a high proportion of all national workplace injuries, as employees from this sector report some of the highest rates of injury and illness from all private industries, according to a report from Zurich on healthcare-related workers’ compensation claims.
May 22, 2019 Workers' Compensation

AZ Firefighters Say Cities Breaking New Workers’ Compensation Law

Phoenix, AZ - Despite a new Arizona law, firefighters say their workers' compensation claims are being denied for the cancers they develop as a result of their jobs.

Cities and towns in Arizona, however, say that's not the case.
May 16, 2019 Life & Health Workers' Compensation

Network For Change And Continuous Innovation: Putting Faces To Comp Data

The NCCI Annual Issues Symposium just wrapped up in Orlando, Florida yesterday. This event is somewhat akin to drinking from a firehose, as the information flies in a fast and furious fashion.
May 16, 2019 Technology Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Comp Fraud On the Rise In Massachusetts

It was a record year for workers’ compensation fraud in Massachusetts last year, where more cases of alleged fraud were referred to prosecutors than ever before.
May 16, 2019 Fraud Workers' Compensation Massachusetts

Tales From A Truck Driver: Lack Of Human Touch Will Kill Workers’ Comp

We live in the age of technology. Robotics and automation are all the rage, and industries everywhere, including workers’ compensation, are looking to increase efficiencies and "improve process."
May 10, 2019 Education & Training Workers' Compensation

Travelers Reduces Injured Construction Worker Opioid Use By Nearly 40%

The National Safety Council (NSC) recently reported that 75% of US employers have been directly affected by the opioid epidemic. According to the NSC, the construction industry is one of the worst-affected sectors, with twice the national average number of employees with substance use disorders.
May 6, 2019 Workers' Compensation

Multiple Fatalities After Powerful Explosion At Chicago-Area Industrial Plant

Crews located another body on Sunday at the site of a large explosion at a Waukegan industrial plant, officials said, bringing the death toll from that incident to three with one person still unaccounted for.
May 6, 2019 Property Workers' Compensation Illinois

Nationwide Joins Construction Leaders In Bid To Cut Costly Causes Claims

Business owners in construction-related companies know that falls in the workplace have a ripple effect of difficult impacts.
May 3, 2019 Liability Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Comp And The Talent Gap: Let’s Get To Work

Ever try to talk to a 14-year-old about workers’ comp? I’ve tried with my son. I typically get a blank stare for a second before I lose him to Instagram.
April 29, 2019 Education & Training Workers' Compensation

Crane Collapse Onto Busy Seattle Street Kills Four People

Dramatic dashcam video shows the moment a crane came crashing down at Google’s new campus in Seattle on Saturday. Four people were killed, including college student Sarah Wong and iron worker Travis Corbet, and four others were hurt.
April 29, 2019 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Workers' Compensation Washington

California Allows WC Payments to Mexican Health Providers — And It Works

In California, the option to seek care in Mexico is producing better outcomes and reduced cost of claims in workers’ comp.
April 24, 2019 Workers' Compensation California

You Be The Judge: Is This Parking Lot Injury Compensable?

A Georgia appeals court is asked to decide if a worker’s injury falls within the coming and going rule while she’s off the clock.
April 23, 2019 Workers' Compensation Georgia

70% Of Workers’ Comp Billing Disputes End Badly For California Payers

A performance report on the first five years of California’s independent bill review program reveals that claims adjusters’ billing decisions rarely align with how the state workers’ comp system sees things.
April 18, 2019 Legislation & Regulation Risk Management Workers' Compensation California

Real Or Fake? Finding Workers’ Comp Fraud

Security cameras in a company cafeteria recently captured a brazen attempt to fake a workers’ compensation injury. The video shows that the man dumped a cup of ice onto the floor, disposed of the cup and then lay down on the floor as though he slipped on the ice. Prosecutors have charged the man with insurance fraud and theft by deception.
April 18, 2019 Fraud Workers' Compensation
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