Self-driving commercial vehicles are starting to hit the road, and while the technology may benefit workers’ comp, the impact will be very gradual, some say.
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A South Carolina workers' compensation commissioner, criticized for anti-claimant statements in recent years, is in the news again, this time after she received a sharp
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When Texas lawmakers approved Senate Bill 2551 in May, they established what many said was a more clearly illuminated path for cities and counties to follow
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Naltrexone, a drug used for the treatment of opioid and alcohol dependence, is getting a closer look as a treatment for chronic pain when used
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A larger percentage of injured workers treated by network providers returned to work than did those treated outside Texas workers' compensation care networks.
The average
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For most California hospitals, workers’ comp patients account for only a small fraction of total inpatient admissions.
But for two hospitals in Southern California, injured
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The Iowa workers' compensation commissioner is insisting that a delay in scheduling claims hearings, forced by a conversion from a 1980s-era computer system, will not
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Although the role of psychology in an injured worker's recovery is becoming more widely recognized, behavioral treatments are used in only about 1% of lost-time
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The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court says it stepped up its game in prosecuting employers who fail to purchase workers' compensation insurance, and collected more than
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Hope for a speedy renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act seems to be fading in the face of a partisan divide in Washington, and
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