Editor's Forum

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features MEMIC’s announcement that its Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program for children and spouses of workers who have been seriously injured on the job is now accepting applications. MEMIC has awarded $210,000 in scholarships to young scholars since 2001, and noted that while workers’ comp covers medical treatment and replaces a… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. How to Build an Ergonomics Program That Is Tailor-Made for Your Employees Risk & Insurance COVID’s impact on workers’ comp…focus on the facts Managed Care Matters A Year Into Pandemic, Federal Officials Design New Mask Guidelines Kaiser Health News Editor’s… [Read more]

Features NCCI’s recent release of a new Insights report that draws from interviews with employers and insurance companies to ascertain their perspectives on the current and future environment for high physical proximity jobs. Key areas of focus included addressing COVID-19 exposures in the current environment, where similar themes like working remotely, social distancing, health/symptom screenings,… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Ergonomics Is Taking High-Performance Workplaces to the Peak of Safety. Learn How You Can Too Risk & Insurance OSHA Prepares to Issue Emergency Regulations to Protect Workers from COVID-19 Insurance Journal Opinion Mondays: NY Recreational Marijuana Law Could End Most… [Read more]

In today’s issue of WorkCompRecap we announce a new leader, and the publishing of their new post in WorkCompWire’s exclusive “Leaders Speak” section, which features leaders from the Workers’ Compensation Industry, and focuses on issues that are timely, relevant, and thought provoking. Are you ready?? Find out who our new featured leader is right now!

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Coronasomnia Is Real and a Pressing Safety Hazard that Employers Must Address Risk & Insurance U.S. P/C Insurers Report 2020 Underwriting Profits Despite Costs of COVID-19: Fitch Insurance Journal Hire Lawyers, Not Law Firms to Defend Workers’ Comp Claims… [Read more]

Todays issue of WorkCompRecap features WCRI’s release of the latest edition of its CompScope Benchmarks reports, which provide in-depth analysis of trends in claim costs as well as the impact of reforms in 18 state workers’ compensation systems. The 21st edition of the studies analyze workers’ comp claims data over a period of years, and… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features a pair of partnership announcements, starting with Paradigm’s announcement that it is launching a new value-based partnership with top-ranked national rehabilitation hospital Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. The new partnership will aim to to anticipate patients’ recovery trajectories and provide greater transparency to the total long-term costs associated with care at the… [Read more]

CompLinks are a daily set of pertinent links that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Industry Watchers Weigh-in on ‘Concerning’ California Workers’ Comp Bills Insurance Journal The Risks Lurking in the Gap Between Workers’ Comp and Virus Liability Shield Laws Risk & Insurance My Three Favorite Articles That Hooked My Attention – Must Read… [Read more]

Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new report from WCRI that examines the role of fee schedule changes on trends in payments to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Georgia’s workers’ comp system. WCRI noted that while the study is focused on a single state, the analysis applies beyond Georgia as several states… [Read more]