CWCI: Omicron Drives 172% Increase in December COVID Claims
The omicron variant drove a one-month 172% increase in COVID-19 claims in December that eclipsed the summer peak during the delta surge in August, according to the latest analysis by…
DWC Posts Additional Adjustments to Fee Schedule
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the physician services and non-physician practitioner services section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate changes made by Medicare.
The…
Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Carrier’s Lien on 3rd-Party Recovery
The Hawaii Supreme Court clarified the process for calculating an insurance carrier’s lien against an injured worker’s third-party recovery.
Case: Moranz v. Harbor Mall LLC, No. SCWC-17-0000006, 01/11/2022, published.
Facts and procedural…
Governor Signs Parking Lot Coverage Bill
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy enacted legislation that effectively abrogates a 2014 state Supreme Court decision finding a worker injured while walking from a private parking garage to her workplace…
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks One Vaccine Mandate, Allows Another
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for large employers following a hearing last Friday, yet ruled to keep a mandate in place for…
Bills Propose Amendments on Social Security, Horseplay
A series of bills were introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives proposing amendments to workers’ compensation standards.
HB 2016 seeks to replace the workers’ compensation prevailing factor standard with a…