Maggie Valley, NC – CompPharma’s 16th Annual Survey of Prescription Drug Management in Workers’ Compensation points to a keen interest in transparency in pharmacy pricing. Additionally, opioid prescriptions declined along with overall pharmacy spend. “Eighty-three percent of the respondents considered the lack of transparency in pricing to be the number-one problem in work comp pharmacy,”… [Read more]
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Paradigm Introduces New Platform to Support Catastrophic Care Management Plans
Walnut Creek, CA – Paradigm recently unveiled its newly enhanced Expert-Driven, Data-Guided (EDDG) platform. The EDDG platform uses proprietary case management data from Paradigm’s nearly 30 years of experience serving the workers’ compensation industry to inform its approach and deliver superior outcomes for catastrophically injured workers. Paradigm is also introducing its expanded Best Practice Alert… [Read more]
OR WCD Director Savage Appointed Acting Director of DCBS
Salem, OR – Following Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services Director, Cameron Smith’s recent resignation to explore new opportunities and ways to serve Oregon, the Governor’s office appointed Workers’ Compensation Division Administrator Lou Savage to acting director. “I am proud of the care this department provides Oregonians and local businesses,” said Lou Savage, acting… [Read more]
Friedlander Group Announces NY Retailer Group Saves 51% on Workers’ Compensation
Purchase, NY -(BusinessWire)- Friedlander Group announces a 35% dividend paid to members of the Retail Group of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group #544. The 35% paid dividend is in addition to the 25% advance group discount clients have already received on their policies effective from March 1, 2018 – March 1, 2019. The combination… [Read more]
WCRI Study: Workers’ Compensation Medical Payments in Minnesota Stable
Cambridge, MA – Medical payments per claim in Minnesota remained stable from 2012 to 2017, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks for Minnesota, 20th Edition, compared Minnesota with workers’ compensation systems in 17 other states. This study also examined how the metrics of medical… [Read more]
NIOSH Partners with America Achieves to Prepare Future Workforce
Atlanta, GA – The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently announced that it has partnered with America Achieves, a not-for-profit organization focusing on education-to-workforce issues, to promote young worker safety and health. Through this collaboration, NIOSH and America Achieves have included materials that address foundational, workplace safety and health competencies related to… [Read more]
Ohio Business Owners Owe BWC Nearly $1.3 Million Following Fraud Convictions
Columbus, OH – Two northeast Ohio businessmen must pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) nearly $1.3 million in restitution following their recent convictions on multiple fraud charges in separate, unrelated cases. “We look forward to recouping these dollars and directing them where they belong — taking care of injured workers, creating safe workplaces,… [Read more]
WCF Mutual and Mitchell Release Study on Opioid Guidelines-Based Program in Utah
San Diego, CA – WCF Mutual Insurance Company and Mitchell recently published a study about the use of opioids by injured workers in workers’ compensation claims in Utah. The results of the study are especially significant for Utah, a state that ranked seventh in drug poisoning deaths between 2013 and 2015 and has been in… [Read more]
CT Commissioner Approves Decreases in Workers’ Comp Insurance for Sixth Straight Year
Hartford, CT – Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais recently announced that the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) has approved decreases of 2.9 percent to workers compensation pure premium loss costs and a 4.5 percent reduction in rates for assigned risk. These reductions mark a sixth consecutive year drop. “The loss costs and assigned risk rates… [Read more]
OK Workers’ Comp Commission Hires Hammonds Johnson as New General Counsel
Oklahoma City, OK – The Commissioners of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) recently hired Lauren Hammonds Johnson as the agency’s new General Counsel effective November 1st, 2019. The General Counsel will work directly under Commissioners Mark Liotta, Jordan Russell and Megan Tilly. Chairman Liotta said, “Lauren has an impressive array of legal experience from… [Read more]