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Compliance Corner: What Ohio Disability Evaluators Perform
Compliance Corner: What Ohio Disability Evaluators Perform

Alliance, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Physicians providing workers' compensation related services under the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's imprimatur must apply to perform evaluations. The bureau draws from a pool of contracted physicians providing one or […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ohio Prohibition Against Unnecessary Claim File Possession
Do You Know the Rule? Ohio Prohibition Against Unnecessary Claim File Possession

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Do you know whether employees can access their claim file in the Buckeye State? Here's what state law says: + No employee shall access a workers' compensation claim file unless the […]
Form Focus: Ohio Request for Injured Worker Outpatient Medication Reimbursement (C-17)
Form Focus: Ohio Request for Injured Worker Outpatient Medication Reimbursement (C-17)

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, form C-17, the Request for Injured Worker Outpatient Medication Reimbursement is used for medication reimbursement, including over-the-counter medications. The following breaks down the requirements that accompany the form. Prescription […]
Retail Workers Consider Leaving Job over Safety
Retail Workers Consider Leaving Job over Safety

Akron, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – As retail workers continue to be targeted for attacks by customers, some are planning on leaving their jobs, a new survey has found. The study comes as a retail clerk was […]
Judge Sentences Woman Who Assaulted Restaurant Worker with Job at Fast Food Restaurant
Judge Sentences Woman Who Assaulted Restaurant Worker with Job at Fast Food Restaurant

Parma, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – A judge has given a woman found guilty of assaulting a food worker the opportunity to work off part of her sentence by working at a fast food restaurant. Parma Municipal […]
Form Focus: Ohio Substance Use Recovery and Workplace Safety Program Agreement
Form Focus: Ohio Substance Use Recovery and Workplace Safety Program Agreement

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, the Bureau of Workers' Compensation may issue a grant to defray the costs incurred by an employer who elects to participate in BWC's Substance Use Recovery and Workplace Safety […]
Form Focus: Ohio Motion (C-86)
Form Focus: Ohio Motion (C-86)

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An injured worker in Ohio seeking workers' compensation benefits in the Buckeye State will need to file a motion to make the claim happen. The state requires from C-86 for such […]
Ohio Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Ohio Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]