Boca Raton, FL – WCRI recently announced the release of an essential tool for stakeholders to identify the similarities and distinctions between workers’ compensation regulations and benefit levels in U.S. states and Canadian provinces, along with the International Association of Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC). In Canada and the United States, workers’ compensation is entirely… [Read more]
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The RxProfessor: Guidance on Dangerous Medications
By Mark Pew, Senior VP, Preferred Medical This week I want to share two articles about news surrounding different types of drugs. The first article is about a new study that is examining opioid use for people with acute spinal pain. The second article is about the new classification of Gabapentin and Pregabalin to a… [Read more]
Appalachian Underwriters Launches Billing and Payments Offering Through Input 1
Woodland Hills, CA – Appalachian Underwriters, Inc., an insurance wholesale facility based in Oak Ridge, TN, recently went live with a direct bill offering for their general liability product. This direct bill service is being provided by Input 1, LLC, a multi-national provider of billing and payment services for the insurance industry. “Appalachian Underwriters continues… [Read more]
AF Group Announces Annual Employee and Leadership Awards
Lansing, MI – AF Group recently announced the recipients of its annual employee and leadership awards. 2019 Leader of the Year Rita Ramsey, director of the AF Group Service Center, has been recognized as the 2019 AF Group Leader of the Year. Ramsey, based at AF Group’s headquarters in Lansing, oversees a team of individuals… [Read more]
Genex Introduces “Unity” Managed Care Software Platform
Wayne, PA – Genex Services recently launched its managed care platform, Unity, which aims to help relieve the intensifying burden adjusters face on a daily basis and empowers case managers with the information they need anytime, anywhere. The Unity software platform works behind the scenes to drive and streamline managed care operations. Its mobile application… [Read more]
PA Insurance Dept’s NextGen Academy to Teach College Students About Insurance Careers
Harrisburg, PA – Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman recently announced her department, along with a working group of stakeholders, will this summer hold the first of its kind Pennsylvania NextGen Insurance Academy, to provide college students an up-close look at various careers in the insurance industry. “The insurance industry provides fulfilling careers in areas such as… [Read more]
NYS WCB Announces Third Revision of Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Regulation
Schenectady, NY – The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board recently announced that it has prepared a third revision to the proposed NYS Workers’ Compensation Drug Formulary originally announced in Subject Number 046-1012, Board Announces Draft Regulations for New York State Pharmacy Formulary on December 28, 2017. The proposed revision is in the April 17,… [Read more]
Everest’s Mike Mulray Elected Chairman of CA WCIRB Governing Committee
Hamilton, BM – Everest Insurance recently announced that Mike Mulray, Chief Underwriting Officer, has been unanimously approved as Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee. Mike serves on the Governing Committee representing member company Everest National Insurance Company. The WCIRB is a private, nonprofit association comprised of all companies… [Read more]
Liberty Mutual Releases 2019 Workplace Safety Index
Boston, MA – Liberty Mutual recently released its annual Workplace Safety Index, which documents the top ten causes of the most serious workplace injuries – those causing an employee to miss five or more days from work – and ranks them by their direct cost to employers, which consists of medical and lost-wage payments. The… [Read more]
WI Governor Evers Signs Executive Order Creating Joint Task Force on Payroll Fraud, Worker Misclassification
Madison, WI – Governor Tony Evers recently announced the creation of a Joint Enforcement Task Force on Payroll Fraud and Worker Misclassification. The task force will be staffed by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and will consist of the Secretaries of DWD, the Department of Revenue, the Administrators of the Worker’s Compensation and Unemployment… [Read more]