A bill promoted by the Massachusetts governor earlier this year that would have created an extensive workers' compensation formulary has morphed into a measure that
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The publisher of the Official Disability Guidelines, which are used as workers’ comp medical treatment guidelines in several states, has introduced a new product that rates
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A compromise and release does not constitute a global release of all possible civil claims against an employer unless settlement language explicitly mentions the intent
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The workers' compensation waters of Pennsylvania are in full churn after new court rulings have upended the impairment rating process, and legislation that aims to
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The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office has charged an uncertified interpreter with fraud because of bills she submitted to workers’ compensation carriers, and the agency is monitoring
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OAKLAND, California — Men have a higher risk of being exposed to traumatic events that could spark post-traumatic stress disorder, but women have a higher risk
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The Ohio Supreme Court this week upheld the power of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to protect the state-run insurance fund, overturning a lower court
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California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund said it was able to cut in half the number of injured workers receiving opioids over the last four years, thanks
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After 20 years without a significant increase in medical fees, the New York Workers' Compensation Board wants to raise reimbursement "by at least 5% overall,"
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The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday that a Supreme Court decision that threw out use of the sixth edition of the American Medical Association's impairment
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