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NCCI Examines Medicare Set-Asides and Workers Compensation.
NCCI to Recommend More Decreases in Workers Comp Rates for States.
OSHA Issues Final Rule for Injury Reporting of Hospitalization, Amputation, Loss of Eye.
DOL Awards $10.2M to Fund Workers Misclassification Detection Enforcement Activities.
Gulf Oil Spill: Missing Comma After Workers’ Compensation May Leave Open Coverage Liability.
CMS Modifies Requirements for HICNs, SSNs for Non-Group Health Plan RREs.
AL: NCCI Explains 2.6 Percent Decrease in Loss Cost Filing.
AK: WCD Posts Bulletin on Out of State Medical Treatment and Services.
CA: Governor Vetoes AB 2271 Anti-Discrimination Against Unemployed.
CA: Governor Signs AB 1634 Re OSHA Civil Penalties for Abatement.
CA: DWC Revises Proposed Copy Service Fee Schedule Regs.
CA: DWC Updates Physician Fee Schedule FAQs re DMEs.
CA: DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS Physician/Non-Physician Services.
CA: DWC Posts Adjustments to OMFS DMEPOS.
IN: Dept. of Labor Releases 2013 Workplace Fatality Report.
IA: Governor Open to Reviewing Medical Marijuana Proposals.
LA: LWC Reports Work-Related Fatalities Declined in 2013.
ME: Ins. Dept. Posts Presentation on ACA and Maine’s Insurance Market.
ME: WCB Posts Medical Fee Schedule Annual Update.
NJ: A3542 Would Increase Mandatory Retirement Age to 75 for Workers Comp Judges.
ND: Culture of Risk and Worker Injuries in North Dakota’s Oil and Gas Industry.
OK: WCC Posts Alert on Physician Education for AMA Guides Sixth Edition.
OR: WCD Posts Latest Mileage, Lodging, Meal Rates.
OR: WCD Proposes Rule Changes for Electronic Reporting of WC Coverage Data.
RI: Workers Comp Judge Vacates Criminal Contempt Citation Against Lawyer.
TX: DWC Sets Weekly Benefit Rates Effective 10/1/2014.
UT: Labor Commissioner Appoints New Utah OSHA Director.
VA: NCCI Explains 0.9 Percent Increase in Loss Cost Filing.
WA: L&I Proposes 1.8 Percent Increase in 2015 Workers Comp Rates.
WA: High Court Blocks Worker Asbestos Lawsuit Against Boeing.
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