A new report offers guidance for continued efforts to place tight controls on opioid prescribing.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has affirmed state employers’ right to opt out of the state workers’ compensation system.

End benefits cap or find workers’ comp no longer an adequate remedy, attorneys argue.

In 2014, we are looking for more employers on more panels.

WCRI says its research shows California’s utilization review process is working well, but others question UR’s application.

Injured employee tries to make an end run around exclusive remedy doctrine because of subcontractor relationship.

Forces are driving inevitable change in the workers’ comp landscape in 2014.

Injury rates are coming down but workers’ comp premiums have yet to budge.

A teen amusement park worker gets injured, then tries to take his employer for a ride.

Our Teddy Award winners in 2013 raised the bar yet again.

“Home Safe Tonight” protects employees of a civil construction company.

Partners HealthCare has a state-of-the-art risk management program.

PetSmart cut workers’ compensation costs while almost doubling in size.

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools successfully contain threats that drive up workers’ compensation costs.

Pinnacle West produced safety results twice as good as the utility industry average.

Eisenhower Medical has made an art of incident documentation.

New York is a nightmare for construction insurance carriers.

A flight attendant’s injury from a turbulent flight is the latest in a lengthy list of prior accidents.

Obesity’s classification as a disease raises a host of new risk management challenges.

Training programs for claims practitioners are in need of improvement.