Columbus, OH – The owner of a former payroll services company in southwest Ohio was recently sentenced to six months in federal prison and fined $10,000 for defrauding the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) out of more than $425,000. John R. Cacaro, 59, owner of the now-defunct Employers Choice Plus LLC, also must serve… [Read more]
Work Force & Human Resource News
ODG by MCG Announces Release of ODG Job Profiler Powered by MyAbilities
Austin, TX – ODG, an MCG Health company, recently announced a partnership with MyAbilities Technologies to incorporate a unique new product option, the ODG Job Profiler, into its industry-leading medical treatment and return-to-work (RTW) guidelines. The ODG Job Profiler is a software platform powered by MyAbilities™ which will be made available as an add-on to… [Read more]
One Call Launches New Biopsychosocial Health Program
Jacksonville, FL – One Call recently announced that it has partnered with TrestleTree, a Harvard Pilgrim company that offers behavioral health coaching services and proprietary opioid risk prediction tools, to accelerate an injured worker’s road to recovery. One Call is committed to coordinating the individualized, holistic treatment of injured workers. When a worker gets hurt… [Read more]
WCRI Interviews Injured Workers in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
Cambridge, MA – the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) released three new state reports that compare outcomes of injured workers in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee with outcomes in 12 other states. The outcomes examined include recovery of physical health and functioning, return to work, earnings recovery, access to medical care, and satisfaction with medical care.… [Read more]
WA Man Sentenced to Pay Nearly $94K in Workers’ Comp Scam
Spokane, WA – A Spokane County businessman was recently ordered to repay the state and federal governments close to $94,000 for stealing disability benefits. Dennis J. Bennett of Veradale pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 29, to felony first-degree theft. At the hearing Spokane County Superior Court Judge Annette Plese ordered Bennett to pay $93,944 in restitution… [Read more]
Safety National Awards Safety First Grants for Creative Risk Control Solutions
St. Louis, MO – Safety National recently announced the winners of the Company’s annual Safety First Grant Program, awarding three policyholders for their creative risk control solutions. The first-place grant, in the amount of $10,000, was awarded to City of Green Bay to outfit utility vehicles with electric valve operating equipment. This will help to… [Read more]
TX Woman Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Austin, TX – Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Carolina Villanueva of New Braunfels, Texas, on fraud-related workers’ compensation charges. Villanueva reported a job-related injury while working as a home health aide for Hill Country Community MHMR Center in Kerrville, Texas, and claimed she was unable to work… [Read more]
Texas Mutual Partners with Construction Career Collaborative to Strengthen Construction Workforce
Austin, TX – Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently awarded a $100,000 grant to the nonprofit Construction Career Collaborative (C3) to strengthen the skilled craft workforce in the Greater Houston region. C3 is a nonprofit alliance of owners, general contractors, specialty contractors, construction industry trade organizations and design professionals dedicated to the craft workforce in the… [Read more]
NY Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $20k in Workers’ Comp Benefits
Albany, NY – New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott recently announced the guilty plea of a Fort Plain resident on charges he defrauded the Workers’ Compensation system by more than $20,000. Charles Brownell, 47, formerly of Little Falls, pleaded guilty to the crime of Insurance Fraud in the Fifth Degree and paid $20,887… [Read more]
Two Ohio Business Owners Convicted for Failing to Carry Workers’ Comp Coverage
Columbus, OH – A Columbus-area business owner with a criminal history against the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation recently pleaded guilty to failing to carry workers’ compensation coverage on his asphalt paving business. James T. Wilson Jr., 52, of New Albany, pleaded guilty in a Columbus courtroom to a second-degree misdemeanor count of failure to… [Read more]