Workers' Comp

Substantial workers-compensation rule changes in California are likely to affect the price and utilization of medical care to injured workers by most types of providers, says a new study.

Employers who paid into a workers compensation fund in Ohio run by the state were granted $860 million in refunds Wednesday by a judge who ruled that the fund had overcharged some employers from 2001 to 2008.

State legislators have proposed and conditionally approved a model law that would tie reimbursement rates for prepackaged drugs dispensed by physicians for workers compensation patients to the original manufacturers average wholesale price.

Top risk managers from major corporationsincluding Disney, Hostess, SAP, and Beamdiscuss their strategies for a winning programand name their favorite workers' comp carriers.

Illinois state legislators are running counter to a national trend by proposing creation of a state workers compensation insurance fund that would compete with the private system.

Ohio employers could share refunds totaling $861 million if a court decision holding that the state workers' compensation fund overcharged employers is upheld.