While most safety incentive programs are well intended, employers must ensure that they don’t backfire and discourage reporting.

Where higher reimbursement rates exist for workers’ comp, physicians may be more inclined to categorize an injury as occupational.

The National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals is calling for limits on the duration and doses of opioids.

Do your homework when choosing a workers’ comp bill review provider. One size does not fit all.

For hands-on employers, there are myriad benefits to self-insuring your workers’ compensation program.

According to a WCRI study, North Carolina stands to reap huge savings by adopting a Texas-style workers’ comp drug formulary.

The Food and Drug Administration’s new label requirements for opioids stress the risk of abuse, addiction, overdose, and death.

Robotic suits are now becoming a reality in the effort to prevent injuries, according to NIOSH.

Governments as well as employers stand to benefit significantly by investing in programs that keep employees at work after an illness or injury.

The new head of the NBCH believes that the administration of occupational and nonoccupational conditions should be integrated wherever possible.

Companies that opted out in Oklahoma now face substantial financial risks should the courts overturn the provision.

Focusing on improving outcomes will create a better health care system and benefit injured workers.

A software-based system leverages comprehensive data to give employers the best chance of turning indemnity claims into medical-only claims.

Detox programs can help reduce long-term workers’ comp costs, but they are few and far between.

Claims of transparency abound but obfuscation persists. It falls upon risk managers to ensure their companies are getting what they pay for.

Workers’ compensation payers are increasingly concerned about the risks associated with drugs prescribed in conjunction with opioid pain medication.

Liberty Mutual’s latest annual research concludes that the most disabling, nonfatal workplace injuries cost employers $62 billion in direct U.S. workers’ compensation costs.

A St. Louis court will hear arguments from pharmacies alleging that Express Scripts and its partners are plotting to drive them out of business.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of states either implementing or considering drug formularies for workers’ comp.

Time is almost up for submitting speaker proposals for the 2016 National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo.