Mileage Reimbursement Increases to 54.5 Cents

The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Division announced that injured workers who use their personal vehicle to travel for medical appointments after Jan. 1 will be reimbursed at a rate of 54.5 cents per mile. Injured workers are reimbursed for travel at the rate approved by the Internal Revenue Service, which increased the 2018 travel reimbursement rate from 53.5 cents per mile in 2017. The division said the in-state lodging and per diem reimbursement rates, last revised in July 2016, were not changed. The out-of-state lodging and per diem reimbursement rate has not been changed since...