A pronounced fraud and abuse trend in recent years involves fabricated and often useless tests to diagnose the health of muscles and nerve cells that control them.

The U.S. Coast Guard reported Friday that the oil barge B255 caught fire early on Friday at a position about three miles off the harbor entrance at Port Aransas, Texas. The barge was under tow by the ATB tug Buster Bouchard at the time of the incident.

Florida businesses could see workers’ compensation insurance premiums decrease in 2018, after a tumultuous period that included a double-digit rate hike late last year and a lobbying battle about whether to revamp workers’ compensation laws.

Aon has collaborated with insurtech CLARA analytics to offer workers’ compensation insurers artificial intelligence and predictive analytics tools that help injured employees return to work quickly. The deal facilitated by Aon Benfield, the broker’s reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, also decreases loss ratios and improves operational efficiency around claims for carriers, according to the companies.

An oil rig exploded on a Louisiana lake Sunday night, injuring seven people, five of them critically, while another person remained unaccounted, authorities said.

The explosion on Lake Pontchartrain was reported at 7:18 p.m. (8:18 p.m. ET) about 1½ miles from shore, authorities said at a briefing late Sunday. Rescue efforts were still underway, they said.

In the first peer-reviewed study of Illinois medical cannabis pilot program, researchers hear stories about how patients are leveraging cannabis against the negative effects of opioid use.

A Washington man is accused of running a bar while claiming he was too injured to work, a scheme that allegedly provided him more than $230,000 in state workers compensation and federal disability benefits, according to state regulators.

Wearable technology has advanced from simply storing data to helping prevent or reduce workplace accidents, and can provide employers and insurers with invaluable information, industry analysts said Thursday. However, that information must be properly stored, processed and protected, they added.

Risk managers and consultants are advocating a shift away from focusing on claims management metrics such as closure rates toward continuing education, feedback and scenario-based learning for claims professionals to enhance their skills.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a law meant to reduce delays of appeals in workers compensation cases is constitutional.

Three people are dead after scaffolding at a television tower collapsed Wednesday in Miami Gardens. The tower, which transmits the signal for Local 10 and WSVN, is located at 501 NW 207th St.

Pond Lehocky is the biggest player in town for workers’ compensation cases, targeting employees who get hurt on the job with TV ads and billboards that seem to loom on every stretch of Philadelphia’s highways.

A Harvey, Louisiana man is in intensive care after a dump truck backed over an occupied portable toilet at the new Louis Armstrong Airport terminal construction site this morning.

A local sheriff’s deputy, who claimed he had suffered a back injury but may have been seen working out with heavy weights at a gym, has been charged with committing workers compensation insurance fraud resulting in $57,000 in losses, prosecutors announced Monday.

A U.S. Postal Service worker was charged with stealing more than $75,000 in federal workers’ compensation benefits after he posted vacation photos on Facebook showing him zip-lining and rock rappelling despite being out of work for a wrist injury, authorities said