California payers decry comp bills OK'd by judges. (workers compensation)

Business Insurance;  August 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ......could drive up workers compensation costs and undermine...Division of Workers Compensation and the chairman of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board...charges against Dr. Edward Boseker...how consistent workers compensation judges are in...indictment against ...

Better Management Can Reduce Workers Compensation Costs

The Journal Record;  July 28, 1993 ;     554 words ......practice generates short-term workers compensation savings, but long-term cost escalation...skeleton plan for controlling workers compensation requires input from both the...the research. Information on workers compensation cases should proceed efficiently...in the last 20 years ...

Ultimate Guide to Workers' Compensation Insurance

Professional Safety;  March 1, 2006 ;     474 words ......must-have for those who manage workers' compensation insurance. This guide should...explaining the ins and outs of a workers' compensation policy, especially all the intricacies...descriptions of Friz's experiences with workers' compensation problems that have cost companies...the ...

Area business people say workers' compensation fraud still an issue.

News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL);  January 11, 2006 ;     574 words ......Illinois reformed its workers' compensation system, but area...made Tuesday at a workers' compensation forum sponsored...the most important workers' compensation issue facing his...employers against workers' compensation claims, said Taylor...our case, it has. ...

The Hartford's Annual Study Finds Cost of Drugs in Workers' Compensation...

PR Newswire;  April 18, 2005 ;     700+ words ......prescribed for workers' compensation in 2004, continued...pharmaceutical costs, Dr. Bonner noted...Administration (FDA). Dr. Bonner also...widely used for workers' compensation patients...pharmacy as workers' compensation prescriptions. Dr. Bonner said...

Texas Senate proposes reforms for state's workers' compensation plan.

San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX);  January 14, 2005 ;     675 words ......the dissolution of the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission and shifting most...that caused many to stop taking workers' compensation patients. He also said the single-commission...rates, Frakes said. Texans for Workers' Compensation Reform, a coalition of industry...and backed ...

Speed your disabled workers's return. (workers' compensation)

HRMagazine;  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......control the costs of workers' compensation and long-term disabilities...winning additional workers' compensation medical benefits including...forgotten. He received workers' compensation payments two months...them' attitude, says Dr. Lawrence T. Woodburn...insurers and state ...

Illinois workers compensation costs threaten some companies.

Herald & Review (Decatur, IL);  January 4, 2005 ;     464 words ......getting safer, but workers compensation costs in Illinois...keeps $1.4 million in workers' compensation reserves for the approximately...others blame Illinois' workers' compensation system for this anomaly...costs are soaring. Dr. David J. Fletcher...believe the Illinois ...

Ergo programs, claims validation cut costs; Workers Compensation and...

Business Insurance;  November 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......vital to restraining workers compensation costs, a panel of experts...Insurance's recent Workers Compensation and Disability Management...before he or she files a workers compensation claim; and tracking...back to work,'' said Dr. Alexander R. Lampone...has implications for ...

Losses mount in California comp market. (high costs for workers'...

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  February 3, 1992 ;     700+ words ......loss ratio for companies writing workers' compensation coverage in California's $10...Fund, California's state-run workers' compensation insurer, went from 81 percent...Chamber of Commerce, sky-rocketing workers' compensation premiums ranked first and second...lawmakers have paid lip ...

LABRUM & DOAK TO HOST WORKERS' COMPENSATION SEMINAR

PR Newswire;  October 16, 1995 ;     304 words ......of LaBrum & Doak's Workers' Compensation Department, announced...hold its third annual workers' compensation seminar Thursday, October...current hot topics in workers' compensation, including Junk Science...prosecution of criminal workers' compensation cases and ...

WORKERS' COMPENSATION RATINGS DON'T ACCURATELY PREDICT DISABILITIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 19, 2006 ;     534 words ......settlement decisions in workers' compensation claims for low...the end of the workers' compensation claim process...validity," said Dr. Norton Hadler...in Missouri of workers' compensation claims for low back pain. Workers' compensation is an important...majority ...

Experts debate managed care's true role in reducing workers compensation...

Business Insurance;  November 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ......per year, with workers compensation's share about...five years, said Dr. Thomas R. Reardon...the improving workers compensation climate in California, said Dr. John C. Lewin...and education, Dr. Lewin said. It...complex nature of workers compensation and the many ...

Dallas Meeting to Address Issue of Rising Workers' Compensation Costs.

The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 11, 2002 ;     693 words ......comp. The Texas Workers' Compensation Commission is...according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute...U.S. median. Workers' compensation coverage is optional...Oversight Council on Workers' Compensation. About 35 percent...Historically, workers' ...

The Hartford Publishes Annual List of Top Drugs Used in Workers'...

PR Newswire;  August 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......providers of workers' compensation insurance...used to treat workers' compensation cases. (Logo...25 Drugs in Workers' Compensation, The Hartford...costs for its workers' compensation clients actually...treating pain in workers' compensation cases, ...