- Medical payments per comp claim decrease in California
Medical payments per workers compensation claim in 2016 decreased by 9% in California over three years, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.
- Insurance agent charged with 6 counts of comp fraud
The Georgia Department of Insurance said Thursday that a Floyd County insurance agent has been arrested on fraud charges related to the misappropriation of workers compensation insurance premiums.
- OSHA restores injury tracking app after no breach found
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will restore its injury tracking application after a technology scan confirmed that there was no breach of the data in the application.
- OSHA to seek comment on lockout/tagout regulation
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to issue a request for information in April 2018 regarding potential updates to its lockout/tagout standard, a frequently cited violation that is increasingly deemed out of date.
- Ohio proposes comp premium reduction for government employers
School districts, cities and other Ohio local government employers could see a 6.1% reduction in their workers compensation premiums beginning Jan. 1, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced Thursday.
- Proposed workers comp rates decrease in Iowa
Iowa’s proposed workers compensation rates will decrease by 8.7% beginning Jan. 1, 2018, the office of the Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday in a statement.
- Specialty drug costs on the rise
The cost and use of specialty drugs continued to increase in 2016 for both the managed and unmanaged populations, according to Coventry’s fourth Drug Trends Series report this year.
- Moderating comp losses, higher adjustment expenses in California: Study
Consulting firm Keenan HealthCare and actuarial consulting firm Milliman on Wednesday released the 2017 results of their California Hospital Workers’ Compensation and Payroll Benchmarking Survey.