Greensboro, NC -(BusinessWire)- Key Risk (a Berkley Company), a provider of workers compensation insurance products and services for employers throughout the United States, today announced the national expansion of their service offerings to support Home Healthcare and Hospice providers. Key Risk’s national Home Healthcare and Hospice program will focus on providing industry leading workers compensation… [Read more]
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CA DWC to Host Zoom Q&A Meetings on Med-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations
San Francisco, CA – The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) recently announced it will host Zoom meetings on April 13 and April 20 to answer questions about the implementation of the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule Regulations, which became effective April 1. Because DWC is in the implementation phase of these regulations and to ensure sufficient time… [Read more]
OR Restaurant Fined for COVID-19 Violations, Including Willfully Exposing Workers
Salem, OR – Oregon OSHA has fined Gold Miner Restaurant in Grants Pass $17,900 for violating two standards designed to protect employees from the coronavirus disease. In one of the infractions, the employer willfully continued to potentially expose workers to the virus, despite a public health order limiting the capacity of indoor dining to zero… [Read more]
Paradigm and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Announce New Value-Based Partnership
Walnut Creek, CA – Paradigm recently announced the launch of a new, value-based relationship with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, a top-ranked national rehabilitation hospital. The collaboration, which will leverage the organizations’ collective clinical expertise and robust data repositories, marks a first in the workers’ compensation industry, and will set the standard that Paradigm will seek to… [Read more]
Matrix and TRISTAR Announce Strategic Partnership
Phoenix, AZ -(BusinessWire)- Matrix Absence Management (Matrix) and TRISTAR Insurance Group (TRISTAR) recently announced their intent to enter a strategic partnership to develop enhanced commercial and workers’ compensation services and build an integrated total absence platform for employers of all sizes. Under the partnership, Matrix commercial and workers’ compensation TPA business, which operates as Matrix… [Read more]
Go Transportation & Translation Hires Colby Cotta as VP of Operations
Winter Park, FL – Go Transportation & Translation (Go T&T) recently announced that Colby Cotta has joined the organization as Vice President of Operations. Cotta guides Go T&T’s day-to-day account management, compliance, information technology, and product development operations. He brings nearly 20 years of experience to the company’s management team, most recently serving as Senior… [Read more]
CA DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (DMEPOS)
San Francisco, CA – The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to relevant 2021 changes in the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. The order is the second… [Read more]
WCRI FlashReport Examines Role of Recent Fee Schedule Changes on ASC Payments in GA
Cambridge, MA – A new FlashReport from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) examines recent trends in payments to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Georgia and the role of recent fee schedule changes, including changes to Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) reimbursement rates, which are the basis of the Georgia workers’ compensation outpatient… [Read more]
LWCC Announces Dividend of $94 Million
Baton Rouge, LA – LWCC recently announced that its board of directors has declared a $94 million dollar dividend for 2020 that will be distributed to approximately 20,000 Louisiana businesses and impact over 162,000 workers. “2020 was a challenging year. The pandemic, combined with major hurricanes, caused financial strain to businesses across the state. We… [Read more]
SCIF Launches New Training and Recognition Program Focused on Safety
Pleasanton, CA – State Fund’s Safety Training and Recognition (STAR) Program is designed to help employers learn and implement safer work practices with free online safety training. Maintaining a safe workplace is not only good for business, it’s quite simply the right thing for employers to do for their workers. Participating policyholders with sheet metal,… [Read more]