The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a denial of attorney fees and penalties to a worker with four pending claims and remanded the issue of the employer’s entitlement to a credit.
Case:…
Medical payments per claim decreased by more than 3% in the pandemic years 2020 and 2021 in half of the states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based…
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that a hearing on proposed physician dispensing rules that was postponed because of Hurricane Ian is being rescheduled to Nov. 1 due to…
The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced the election of its 2022-2023 board of directors.
Mark Long
Mark Long, senior deputy director of the Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation…
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from an on-the-job fall.
Case: Baker v. Wheeling Island Gaming Inc., No.
The U.S. Office of the Inspector General is exploring the possibility of getting workers’ compensation payment data directly from states after reviewing a sample of claims from a handful of states…