Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 19-year-old worker killed by a forklift driven by his father, is one of several fatal industrial accidents this month.   According to police reports, Ommatt Cruz, 19, was directing a […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In a “pay-for-performance” program or agreement, providers receive either a bonus or a penalty based on cost and outcome benchmarks that are set by a payer. Value-based payment models use quality […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – More workers are injured in January than during the holidays, a new report has found.   The report, 2023 Retail Risk Report released Friday by AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., found that […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released their findings of Fee-for-Service claims audits conducted this year.  Last year, CMS estimated that the rate of improper payments […]

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Mental health services have taken on increased importance in the past few years and have begun receiving long-overdue recognition as part of an overall health and wellness commitment to workers. The […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Commercial fishing has long been known as one of the world’s most dangerous professions, but a new study by the FISH Foundation and commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts, suggests that […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Case managers are problem solvers. When they see a problem, they brainstorm with the team to think of ways to address the challenges they are seeing and develop a plan to […]

Holyoke, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Health Department officials in Massachusetts are pushing for extra safety steps after a cannabis worker died from an asthma attack.   According to OSHA, a worker for Trulieve Cannabis Corp. was packaging […]