Workers' Compensation News
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Industry Gets Creative in Attracting Claim Adjusters
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12/11/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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As the insurance industry grapples with an ongoing shortage of claim adjusters due in part to a wave of baby boomer retirements, carriers are trying ...Read More
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Insurance Carrier Access to Drug Database Sought
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12/02/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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Requiring doctors to check a prescription database before prescribing opioid drugs is a weapon that more states are using in the battle against opioid abuse....Read More
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Industrial Commission Meeting Dec. 3
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12/01/2015
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arizona Industrial Commission will review the Division of Occupational Safety and Health file manual and consider penalties for uninsured employers and employers charged with safety violations during a Dec. 3 meeting in Phoenix....Read More
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Information Session for Former Nuclear Weapons Workers Planned
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11/25/2015
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs is inviting former nuclear weapons workers in upstate New York to information sessions on how to file compensation claims and information on existing ones.
The sessions are part of a nationwide program to compensate workers employed...Read More
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Injury and Illness Rate Drops in 2014
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11/23/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The total number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses dropped 1.6% to 460,700 in 2014, compared to 468,400 in 2013, according to data the California Department of Industrial Relations published Friday.
Information from the department's Survey of Occupational Injuries and Il...Read More
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Interest Grows in Early Nurse Intervention in Claims
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11/20/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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Nurse case managers aren’t a new concept in workers’ compensation, but there seems to be a growing movement to put injured workers in touch with a nurse as early as possible in a claim.
It’s an approach that’s been successful for The Travelers Companies, which this...Read More
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