Workers' Comp

Medicare Rate Changes Signal Mixed Cost Outlook for Workers’ Comp: NCCI

A key physician payment factor continues its decline while facility rates rise, creating varied impacts for insurers depending on state-level fee schedule rules.

Heat-Related Worker Deaths Surge as Construction Industry Faces Mounting Crisis

Adding Compassion to Workers’ Compensation: A Combat Veteran’s Call for Change

Commercial Insurance Market Shows Continued Softening as Premium Growth Slows: CIAB

Late Medical Interventions Drive Workers’ Comp Costs as Back, Shoulder Claims Show Wide Cost Variation

Recently in Workers' Comp

Workers’ Comp Insurance Price Firming Eases

Workers’ compensation insurance prices continue to rise, but significantly less than a year ago.

Evidence-Based Medicine Not ‘Cookbook Medicine’

Evidence shows aggressive care may improve injury outcomes.

State Workers’ Comp News

A round-up of key workers’ comp developments in three states.

Basics of Comp Explained for Safety and Health Experts

NIOSH offers new tool to help safety and health professionals understand workers’ comp insurance and recordkeeping.

Anti-Bullying Efforts May Impact Comp Costs

Workplace bullying costs employers $4 billion annually, including workers’ comp costs.

Overcoming Employment Barriers for the Disabled

Fear of losing benefits is keeping the disabled from rejoining the workforce.

Workers’ Comp Docket

A round-up of significant recent workers’ comp legal decisions from around the country.

PBM Legislation Worries Workers’ Comp Payers

Legislation to regulate group health pharmacy benefit managers could impact workers’ comp payers.

Beware the Perils of Scope Creep

Pitfalls to consider when shopping for a new claims management system.

Did Officer’s Parking Lot Fall Arise Out of His Employment?

Worker files a claim for parking lot injury caused by inattention.

Amphetamines, Opiates Latest Drugs of Choice Among Workers

Workforce drug use is on the decline, but abuse of opiates and amphetamines has more than doubled.

Workers’ Comp Docket

A round-up of significant recent workers’ comp legal decisions from around the country.

Regulatory Updates May Ease Administrative Burden

New regulatory updates consider the best interests of both workers and employers.

NIOSH Seeks to Protect Workers From Nanomaterials

NIOSH is focused on creating a safer workplace for nanotechnology workers worldwide.

Lessons Learned From Texas Nonsubscription

Creative arbitration has helped make the Texas nonsubscriber option a risk management success.

Advice For Proposing NWC Session Topics And Speakers

Guidance for proposing speakers and topics to present at the national conference.

Desk Job Dangers

Programs to decrease prolonged sitting during the day could reduce workers’ comp claims.

Private Equity Owner Change At Sedgwick

Sedgwick ownership changes, but management and operations to remain the same.

Report: Conservative Reserving Practices Imperative

Reserves deteriorated for the fifth straight year in 2012, said A.M. Best

National Initiative Focuses on Temporary Workers

Recent cases have prompted a national initiative to find solution for protecting the needs and rights of temporary workers.