Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features some new business news, as The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has announced that through its ongoing partnership with EMPLOYERS, it has extended discounted workers’ compensation coverage benefits to its members in eight new states. EMPLOYERS offers NFIB members discounted workers’ compensation coverage in 19 states with plans to expand the Program to additional states later this year. Find out more by clicking here.
Also in the news today are the announcement from California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones of $32 million in grants to assist with the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation insurance fraud, and the publication of a new Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Schedule, the first full revision since 2008.