Workers Comp

Sunnyvale, California-based Mulberri, an artificial intelligence insurance platform, on Tuesday announced the launch of its Risk Engine, a risk assessment tool for workers compensation underwriters. The Risk Engine uses machine learning models to determine factors that impact claims based on information including previous loss experience. The cloud-based product allows access to claim frequency, probability and …

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A handful of drugs prescribed to injured workers in California make up a “disproportionate” share of workers comp prescription payments, according to research released Monday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The so-called “low-volume/high-cost” drugs include dermatological drugs, opioids and antidepressants and have become cost drivers, the researchers found. The report says topical dermatologicals, the …

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Rhode Island lawmakers have introduced legislation that would amend reimbursement requirements in workers compensation claims where injured workers recover damages in third-party tort actions. Senate Bill 1045, filed Friday, states that any money injured employees are awarded through third-party judgments or settlements that include damages for past or future pain and suffering, loss of consortium, …

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An Alabama road flagger injured while directing traffic was not permitted to sue the paving contractor because she was a “special employee,” and not an independent contractor, who was covered under workers compensation, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled. The high court Friday ruled that Midsouth Paving Inc. and employee Christopher Nivert should have been immune …

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A New Jersey manufacturer has been assessed steep fines after a worker lost three fingers in a workplace accident in November. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday that it cited Burlington, New Jersey-based United Hospital Supply Corp. for three willful violations, 17 serious violations and one other-than-serious violation and proposed penalties of …

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York has reversed a decision by the state Workers’ Compensation Board overturning a petition for comp benefits by a police detective injured while traveling to an investigation. In a Thursday decision, the appeals court ruled the board was wrong to deny comp benefits to Tulio Serrata, …

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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a deceased worker’s fiancée should have been given the opportunity to prove she was a “family member,” wholly dependent on the worker and therefore entitled to benefits after he was killed in a trench collapse. Christopher R. McDonald was killed in April 2019 while working for J&J Schlaegel Inc. …

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The number of U.S. workers who tested positive for marijuana following work-related accidents reached its highest level in a quarter-century last year, and researchers say the positive drug test increase correlates with more states legalizing cannabis recreationally and medicinally. The new analysis released Thursday by Quest Diagnostics shows that workers who tested positive for THC, …

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States that don’t have workers compensation medical fee schedules for professional services tend to have much higher prices compared with states that have fee schedules, according to updated findings by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The WCRI on Thursday released the updated version of its ongoing study, WCRI Medical Price Index for Workers’ Compensation, which …

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