Workers Comp

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Thursday approved legislation revising the timeframe for workers compensation insurers to either pay, or contest, bills for services submitted by health care providers in injured worker cases. House Bill 205 says payment for health care services that an employer doesn’t deny or contest must be made to providers within 60 …

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A Virginia appellate court has declined to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a former elementary school teacher who was injured after being shot by a 6-year-old in January 2023, allowing the case to move forward in civil court and not the workers compensation system. The Virginia Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a pretrial …

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Increases in costs for medical visits under workers compensation slightly outpaced overall physician services cost increases reported nationwide since 2017, according to data released Monday by Enlyte LLC.  Enlyte, which provides services for injured workers, analyzed its medical bill review professional services data for trends in workers compensation payments from first quarter of 2017 through …

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What an injured worker eats has become a talking point for workers compensation claims handlers as they explore the intersection of nutrition and injury recovery.  Proper nutrition “is something that we identified because if there’s poor nutrition, they’re not going to recover as quickly or as well, especially if they’re having a surgery,” said Dr. …

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Rising temperatures are causing problems for workers in industries such as construction, warehousing and transportation, and heat-related workers compensation claims are increasing as a result, experts say. As more claims are submitted, claims professionals are stepping up investigations to determine whether they are compensable. Safety advocates, meanwhile, are urging the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health …

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Claims professionals have done much to restrain workers comp costs over the past several years. Early reporting of claims, return-to-work programs, building safety cultures, closely monitoring prescriptions, and various other strategies have been implemented to slow the increase in costs. But as workers compensation claims costs continue to rise, many in the industry are looking …

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The U.S. Department of Labor on Friday announced a final rule clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an Occupational Safety and Health Administration compliance officer during an inspection of their workplace will be published in the Federal Register on Monday. The Occupational Safety and Health Act gives …

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed on Thursday a proposed change to the state’s workers compensation system that would have made it easier for workers who suffer falls to prove their injuries were work-related.   House Bill 974 would have permitted injured employees to satisfy their burden of proof that a fall is work-related through circumstantial …

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The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after being struck by a container ship has dominated national and insurance sector news this week. Source link