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What is a Workers Compensation Set Aside and Why It Matters to You?
A Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement (WCMSA) is a financial agreement that allocates a portion of a workers’ compensation settlement to pay for future medical services related to the workers’ compensation injury, illness, or disease. Once these funds run out only then will Medicare pay for treatment related to the workers’ compensation costs.
2015: Employers Get Ready for New Laws
Being an employer in California (and many other states) means being a full time CEO, safety expert, and HR administrator. Every year the Ca Legislature passes myriad laws that, despite their good intentions (in most cases), create volumes of new regulations that employers much learn.
Tips For Reducing Workers Compensation Accidents This Holiday Season
During this holiday Season, the increased use of temporary employees to meet peak demand by many of your clients, may result in higher than normal workers compensation accidents for your staffing company.
NCCI Sees First Profit In 8 years For Private Insurers
This is important news for staffing companies who have been forced to use their State Funds because they have been unable to qualify for less expensive private insurance programs. This may mean that rates are coming down longer term for those staffing companies that are have very good loss histories.
Get Ready For An Increase In Worker’s Comp Claims In 2015- 2016
According to President Obama last week, the US will roll out the Red Carpet for between 5-6M people who live in the US and are currently working illegally for US employers. In other words, Obama will make it legal to work in the US, even if they are currently an...
Six Light Duty Tips to Reduce Your Workers Compensation Expense
The best thing to do to keep your Workers Compensation rates low is NOT to have accidents. The second best thing to do is to use light duty work effectively as a way to reduce your workers compensation costs. Here is a great article that lists six tips to reduce...
Work Comp Staffing Solutions Exhibits at the American Staffing Association 2014 Conference
In October, the Work Comp Staffing Solutions team met hundreds of staffing professionals at the American Staffing Association’s annual conference. Many attendees were interested in the Affordable Care Act’s impact on the staffing industry. In almost all of our conversations with staffing owners, there was an intense interest in the whether the ACA will increase or reduce workers’ compensations costs.
Less Than 120 Days Until ACA Starts……. How Will You Successfully Manage It?
Almost every staffing owner I speak to these days wants to know how the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA --aka Obamacare) will impact their permanent and temporary employees. And of course their bottom line. Given the ongoing complexity of the law, many are considering...
Putting Out A Workers Compensation “Fire” Before It Burns Down Your Staffing Company
Very often, staffing company owners are so busy putting out daily staffing fires, that they do not have time to thoroughly investigate workers compensation claims. Unfortunately these claims, that start out as smoldering tinders- when not managed properly, can turn in to a financial firestorm for the company down the road.
BOMB Strapped Bank Robber Charged With Workers Comp Fraud
Aurora Barrera, 33, of Downey, CA was arrested on charges related to her allegedly submitting a fraudulent workers’ compensation claim for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder associated with a robbery, that she actually assisted in staging, at a bank where she worked as an assistant bank manager.
3 Steps For A Successful OSHA Audit
OSHA audits can impact your clients at any time. Whether your client is a manufacturing facility, a warehouse, or a food plant, OSHA audits effect all levels of labor and management. Helping your client survive an OSHA audit can be a great way to demonstrate extra value of your service, and build stronger relationships with your client.
New York State — Celebrating 100 years of Work Comp Fraud
Below is both a sad and funny history of work comp fraud in New York, written by a leading New York workers compensation attorney named Theodore Ronca. While I am sure other states may have a similar work comp history, New York seems to have a particularly steep and...