URAC is holding a free webinar in February covering the accreditation process mandated for all carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers conducting utilization review.
Senate Bill 1160 required all utilization review…
Representatives for employers in Washington said that while they agree that the state’s rules for calculating indemnity benefits could stand revision, they don’t support a proposal that would address only…
The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned a denial of a worker’s request for his osteoarthritis to be treated as a new or omitted condition arising out of a knee injury…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the constitutionality of a statutory offset against an injured worker’s compensation to account for his receipt of Social Security old-age benefits.
Case: Sadler v. Philadelphia…
All workers exposed to radiological hazardous waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation would be covered by a presumption that certain conditions are compensable, under legislation introduced Tuesday in the Washington…
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health posted fact sheets and updated answers to frequently asked questions regarding updated COVID-19 prevention standards.
The agency commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA updated…