Employers Can Prevent Summer-Related Workers' Compensation Claims

• 05/24/19
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – As the unofficial start of the summer season, Memorial Day weekend is a good time for employers to review and implement their strategies to keep workers safe ...
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Teachers Face Increased Violence in The Classroom

• 05/24/19
• Liz Carey

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – By the end of April, the number of workers’ compensation claims over teachers being attacked in the Sarasota County School District was higher than the ...
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Oklahoma Poised for WC Reform Approval

• 05/23/19
• Nancy Grover

Oklahoma City, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) – It looks like Oklahoma may have a signed workers’ compensation reform measure any day now. After the state Senate and House unanimously passed ...
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Court Filing Could Change Presumption of Causation in Energy Employee Cancers

• 05/23/19
• Liz Carey

Buffalo, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A filing in a lawsuit against the federal government could change the way radiation dosage is calculated when it comes to compensating federal energy employees ...
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Prolonged Sitting is Expanding Among Adults

• 05/23/19
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompenstion.com) - Despite warnings that ‘sitting is the new smoking,’ adults are more sedentary than ever. New research shows the average time spent sitting has increased by ...
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Allstate Sues Well Known Senior Physician Following Fraud Investigation

• 05/22/19
• F.J. Thomas

Detroit, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) – Insurance giant Allstate has filed suit against two pain clinics and two related physicians following an extensive investigation by the US Department of ...
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Georgia Seeks Acting Insurance Chief While Beck Battles $2 Million Fraud Charges

• 05/22/19
• Nancy Grover

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Georgia’s governor is seeking an interim insurance commissioner while the current job holder battles allegations of wire fraud, mail fraud and money ...
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Nurses are Pivotal in Stemming Unnecessary Opioid Use, Report Shows

• 05/22/19
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompenstion.com) - A workers’ compensation insurance carrier reduced unnecessary opioid prescriptions by 13,000 in a 6-month period. A managed care provider is having success ...
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Ohio Rebates Most Of Employers' Workers' Comp Premiums

• 05/22/19
• Liz Carey

Reynoldsburg, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed rebating almost all of employers’ workers’ compensation premiums in 2019, the ...
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