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Austin, TX – The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) acknowledges that prescription drug abuse and misuse, including opioids, is a serious issue in all health care delivery systems, including workers’ compensation. The TDI DWC seeks input and suggestions regarding the development of a new Plan-Based Audit… [Continue Reading]
Long Beach, CA & Cranbury, NJ – TRISTAR Risk Management, the largest privately held, third party claims administrator in the United States, announced today that it is acquiring Risk Enterprise Management (REM). Terms were not disclosed. TRISTAR and REM both have impressive reputations for customer service within the risk… [Continue Reading]
San Francisco, CA – The CA WCIRB has submitted a July 1, 2012 Pure Premium Rate Filing (Filing) to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending an increase in advisory pure premium rates effective July 1, 2012. The advisory pure premium rates proposed for the 494 standard classifications currently in effect… [Continue Reading]
Columbus, OH – Ohio employers interested in protecting their workers and their bottom line have until the end of the month to take full advantage of Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) new rating plan, Destination: Excellence. The program is designed to help Ohio employers focus on safety, accident prevention and return-to-work… [Continue Reading]
Madison, WI – Rightly called “an epidemic” by the Centers for Disease Control, the abuse of opioid prescriptions has led to a staggering toll of death and addiction. Drug overdoses of all kinds now rival auto accidents as a cause of death in the U.S. This epidemic is spurring action by pockets of the workers’ compensation community… [Continue Reading]
Denver, CO –(BUSINESS WIRE)- -Property and casualty insurance predictive analytics provider Valen Technologies and Tropics Software Technologies, a national software company specializing in workers’ compensation systems, announced a partnership today to provide Tropics customers with the ability to integrate Valen’s InsureRight… [Continue Reading]
ambridge, MA (PRWEB) – In recognition of the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI) studies on the use and abuse of prescription medications in the treatment of injured workers, Dr. Richard Victor, Executive Director of WCRI, will join members of the U.S. Congress as well as many other federal, state and local… [Continue Reading]
ORLANDO, Florida–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Several national workers’ compensation experts will lead 1.5 hour sessions during the National Rx Drug Abuse Summit April 10-12 at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, Florida. Joseph Paduda, principal of Health Strategy Associates and Dr. Richard Victor, Executive Director of the Workers’… [Continue Reading]
Oakland, CA — The Department of Industrial Relations’ (DIR) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE, also known as the Labor Commissioner’s Office) today announces the creation of the Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU) designed to investigate employers who perpetrate wage theft and other criminal activities… [Continue Reading]
GREENSBORO, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Key Risk, a provider of workers compensation products and services in the Eastern United States, today introduced Essentials Risk Management, an innovative approach to workers compensation that provides a dedicated risk management professional…[Continue Reading]
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