TPA Driving Up Costs for L.A. Fire Dept., Paper Reports

The company that handles the Los Angeles Fire Department's workers' compensation claims needs to either shape up or be shipped out, the Los Angeles Daily News says. In an editorial published Friday under the headline, "Workers' comp costs city enough without slow claims," the paper reported on firefighter complaints about Cambridge Integrated Services Group. The department's claims administrator takes so long to approve treatment for injured personnel that it winds up keeping them off worker longer than necessary. Other firefighters have to work overtime to cover missed shifts, the Daily N...