Workers Comp

The utilization of nonhospital and hospital outpatient services in the Illinois workers compensation system decreased in 2020, the drop attributed to medical facility closures and service limitations during the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Tuesday’s study said the percentage of workers comp claims with major …

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The Supreme Court of Alaska reversed a lower court ruling that found a deceased worker’s employee status should be determined by a jury and not prior to trial. The high court on Friday said a superior court judge wrongly determined a jury should decide whether Nicholson Tinker was an employee or an independent contractor when …

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Companies with robust benefits plans that include such perks as employee assistance and leave programs have a better handle on the risk of complicated workers compensation claims that include stress and anxiety, according to disability experts. “These are absolutely connected,” said Bryon Bass, San Francisco-based senior vice president at Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., of …

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First-year employees, regardless of age or industry experience, represented more than one-third of all workers compensation claims and accounted for nearly 7 million missed workdays due to injury between 2016 and 2020, according to a report released Monday by Travelers Cos. Inc. The insurer examined more than 1.2 million comp claims and determined a worker’s …

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Sentry Insurance announced Monday the development of a predictive modeling tool designed to help identify early risk factors in injured worker cases. The Injured Employee Complexity Factor Models will look at early factors in workplace injury claims, such as chronic pain and psychosocial risks, which are believed to prolong and prevent successful injured worker recovery. …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued proposed financial penalties against online retailer Amazon Inc. after inspectors said employees were not given proper medical care at a fulfillment center in Castleton, New York, after suffering work-related injuries. OSHA on Friday said the investigation in Castleton, which is part of an ongoing inspection that …

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York upheld a determination by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that a woman whose husband died from COVID-19 failed to prove the virus was contracted at the workplace. The appeals court on Thursday said the board was correct to reverse a comp judge’s decision that found …

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Insurers who are late paying benefits under no-fault insurance, such as workers compensation, would lose the protection of medical fee schedules in covering claims under a bill set to be introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday. H.B. 4493 amends state law on fee schedules, and that charges by medical providers providing care …

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