The National Council on Compensation Insurance said Wednesday that it recommends a 10.9% workers compensation premium rate decrease for Illinois.

The median price for a helicopter air ambulance transport roughly doubled to about $30,000 from about $15,000 over a five-year period, a cost that can be “devastating” to patients, the GAO said in a new report.

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation rebates for private and public employers began going out this month, the agency announced.

A Redondo Beach, California, woman accused of participating in a $150 million workers compensation insurance fraud scheme pleaded guilty Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.