Workers' Comp

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was at Florida Workers' Compensation Institute's 2011 Workers' Compensation Educational Conference to educate attendees about their research and role in preventing workplace injuries.

Currently, mandatory reporting laws ensure that Medicare has knowledge of all claims involving a Medicare beneficiary in a workers compensation case. Listen to what Raphael Gonzalez of the Center for Medicare Set Aside Administration in Clearwater, Fla., has to say about Medicares role in these types of claims.

Marsh provides further evidence that insurance pricing may be moderating in a benchmarking report that says property rates are experiencing an increase in the third quarter, while other lines decline at a slower pace.

Workers' compensation has changed forms and functions throughout the years. Walk with us as we take a look at some of the significant events and legislation that have helped shape this form of social insurance into what it is today.

Understanding some anatomy basics and the fundamentals of a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion procedure via live surgery can assist adjusters and other professionals assess a realistic recovery period and overall claims costs.

In this exclusive interview with Jeff Atwater, Florida's new chief financial officer, we discuss workers' compensation issues including rising rates, Citizens' depopulation and privatization, insurance fraud, and plans for PIP reforms moving forward.