Reverse Offset, Opt-Out Predicted to Be Hot Topics in New Year

As the Social Security system moves closer to insolvency, some are predicting that the federal government may take aim this year at the workers’ compensation “reverse offset” provision found in 15 states. That’s just one of a bevy of workers’ comp topics that are being called issues to watch in the new year. Some of the others are telemedicine, opioids and presumptions that certain illnesses among first responders are work-related, according to Jennifer Wolf Horejsh, executive director of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commis...