This property management company struggled with low employee morale and high injury rates. Mentoring and a return to work program turned things around.

Value-based care will transform the way that medical providers treat injured workers. At the upcoming National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference, experts from Healthesystems will explain how it can work at your organization.

Payers must devote more attention to identifying which cases merit investigation and which tactics produce the best results.

Biological Resource Center of Illinois was raided by the FBI on suspicions that it mishandled donated human remains for scientific research. Ten lawsuits soon followed.

Regulatory trends can leave a lasting impact on workers’ comp. The economy and technological advancement are two ways in which the industry is changing. But that’s not all.

California’s new wildfire liability bill emphasizes mitigation planning, and will allow compliant utilities to pass some costs on to customers.

After gaining injuries from an oil well explosion, one worker was denied the possibility to file a negligence claim due to exclusive remedy laws.

Miami-Luken Inc. was left without insurance coverage after the West Virginia Attorney General sued it for being part of a pill-mill pushing scheme.

After getting injured on the job, one juvenile detention officer was fired when she could no longer fulfill her role’s duties. In court, she argues wrongful termination due to disability discrimination.

Understanding the claims handling process better prepares your organization to bounce back from a loss.

A man with a work-related back injury developed ALS, rendering him unable to work without pain meds. The state’s top court is asked to decide his eligibility for permanent total disability benefits.

Adjusters know its the relationships they form that matter most in the world of insurance.

Mass shootings result in nominal damage to infrastructure. Yet, property owners still choose to tear down and rebuild places where violence occurred.

Analytics and good old-fashioned detective work have been singled out by investigators as key components in dismantling organized fraud rings.

One rancher failed to provide workers’ compensation for the family of a deceased employee, so the family turned to the legal system.

After narrowly escaping being hit by a moving vehicle, one man sought basic reparation benefits. But his home state of Kentucky didn’t find him eligible.

A rogue letter left Johnson & Bryan Inc. $80,000 short after a J&B mail room clerk misplaced an important claims letter.

Workers’ comp opioid addiction is a murky area. While we are helping curb new addictions, we’re still failing a number of employees already dependent.

A workers’ compensation claims professional can learn a thing or two about injury from the nurses who manage their claims.

Connecting injured workers with claims and case professionals of similar backgrounds can alleviate misunderstandings that delay recovery.