States and insurers now know what President Donald Trump’s administration will do with medical marijuana: nothing.

Most professionals use LinkedIn to showcase their experience, stay connected in the business community and perhaps land that dream job one day. For Kandice M. Klink Jones of Columbus, it didn’t work out so well.

On the surface this discussion may not seem to be about workers’ compensation. But I assure you, it is. While the topic is identity theft; specifically, the recent theft of my identity, it is an opportunity to look at how our industry may be helping this booming criminal trend.

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas announced a shutdown of a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation with the filing of charges against more than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners.

The claim costs and other metrics of 18 state workers’ compensation systems are analyzed in depth in a new series of studies, CompScope™ Benchmarks, 17th Edition, released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).

Workers compensation reforms were included in the final version of New York’s fiscal 2017-2018 budget, which passed the New York State Senate Sunday following an agreement between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and leadership of the New York State Legislature.

It’s indisputable that society has recognized the overuse, misuse, and abuse of opioids since Big Opioid Pharma convinced prescribers, pharmacists, and medical schools that they would solve the pain problem.

A tow truck driver died Wednesday morning after falling off of the overpass at the scene of a semi-truck crash on I-95 SB in Boca Raton, according to responding crews.

An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Dallas last week, and unsealed Friday, March 24, charged eight individuals — including one Waxahachie resident — with offenses related to their participation in a $158 million health care fraud scheme.

Meet a victim of the nation’s opioid addiction scourge: the American worker. A number of U.S. states are taking steps through their workers compensation systems to stem the overprescribing of the powerful painkillers to workers injured on the job, while helping those who became hooked to avoid potentially deadly consequences.

The widow of an administrative judge has already received $150,000 in workers’ compensation death benefits and is suing the state of California, alleging an order requiring her husband to drive long distances to work caused his fatal heart attack.

Once more, attorney Christopher Asvar has set the record for the highest known workers’ compensation settlement or award in the nation.

Does traumatic brain injury strike concern in your heart? If it doesn’t, it should. Traumatic brain injuries are not limited to people who are found unconscious at an accident scene or even those with a Glasgow Coma Scale result below 15 points.

Firefighters and construction workers frantically shoveled at a construction site where a man was trapped in a confined space Monday, authorities said. Two men were digging footings next to the wall when it collapsed, fire officials said.

Issues such as emotional distress and fear were highlighted as the top barrier to closing workers compensation claims, according to a study released Thursday.