Austin, TX – The Texas Division of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) recently released its 2022 Division of Workers’ Compensation Biennial Report to the 88th Texas Legislature. The report presents system trends that allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation, policymakers, and system stakeholders to gauge the relative health of the Texas workers’ compensation system… [Read more]
Legislative & Regulatory News
WA L&I Announces 4.8% Increase in Average Worker’s Comp Premium Rates for 2023
Tumwater, WA – The state Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) recently announced a 4.8 percent increase in the average worker’s compensation premium rate for 2023. The rate increase, prompted by wage inflation and rising medical costs, means employers and workers will jointly pay an additional $61 a year, on average, for each full-time employee.… [Read more]
CWCI: CA DIR Announces 2023 Workers Comp User Funding Assessment Rates
Oakland, CA – The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) recently issued the 2023 assessments that workers’ compensation insurers are required to collect from policyholders to cover the budget of the state Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) and five related programs set up by state lawmakers. Insurers should apply the following rates against their… [Read more]
CA CHSWC Commissioner Kessler Reappointed by Speaker of the Assembly
Oakland, CA – The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) announces the reappointment of Shelley Kessler to the Commission by Speaker of the Assembly Anthony Rendon. Kessler is reappointed as a labor representative to serve on the Commission through December 31, 2025. Shelley Kessler is a former Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the… [Read more]
CA DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to OMFS (Hospital Outpatient Depts/ASCs)
San Francisco, CA – The Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an order on October 4, 2022, adjusting the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to the quarterly changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section… [Read more]
Oregon Announces Findings of Biennial Workers’ Compensation Study
Salem, OR – Oregon’s workers’ compensation rates remain among the lowest in the nation, according to an analysis released by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). This reflects the state’s ongoing success in making workplaces safer and keeping costs under control. The biennial study ranks all 50 states and Washington, D.C., based… [Read more]
CA DWC Invites Stakeholders to Comment on Improving Workers’ Comp System at Public Meeting
Oakland, CA – The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) will hold an in-person public meeting in Oakland on Tuesday, December 6 at 10:00 a.m. to hear ideas to improve the State’s workers’ compensation system. DWC invites all stakeholders, including insurers, attorneys, employers, injured workers and health care providers, to share their thoughts and suggestions. All… [Read more]
MO DCI Recommends Workers’ Compensation Rate Decrease for Employers in 2023
Jefferson City, MO – The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) recently announced that it is recommending a 6.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2023. This marks the seventh time in eight years that average workers’ compensation rates will decrease. The 6.4 percent decrease in loss costs between Jan. 1, 2022… [Read more]
MT DLI Announces Results of 2021 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Helena, MT – The Montana Department of Labor & Industry recently released the annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The survey found private industry workplaces in Montana reported a rate of 3.4 injury and illness cases per hundred full-time workers in 2021. This is level with the rate of 3.4 cases per hundred full-time… [Read more]
CWCI: California Workers’ Comp Benefits to Increase in 2023
Oakland, CA – California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose by more than 5 percent in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result in an increase in California workers’ compensation temporary total disability (TTD) and permanent total disability (PTD) rates for 2023 work injury claims and other workers’ compensation benefits that are tied… [Read more]