AMAXX

MARCH 18, 2025

Consider the case of Jane, a worker who sustained a severe back injury. She was given a list of four medical providers but found that: Two providers did not accept workers compensation patients. One provider accepted workers compensation but was not taking new patients. Are currently accepting new patients.

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AMAXX

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A structured Return-to-Work (RTW) program is one of the most effective ways to reduce workers’ compensation costs and improve employee recovery outcomes. Conclusion An effective transitional duty policy supports injured employees while controlling workers’ compensation costs.

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AMAXX

JANUARY 21, 2025

In the complex world of workers’ compensation, achieving optimal outcomes for injured workers requires a blend of precision, consistency, and empathy. Ensuring Fairness In a system as diverse as workers’ compensation, consistency is key.

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AMAXX

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

When it comes to managing workers’ compensation, understanding classification rules is fundamental. The higher the risk, the higher the workers compensation premium for that classification. Misclassification can lead to costly errors, either by overpaying premiums or by facing penalties for underreporting risk.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 12, 2024

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today issued a decreased pure premium rate for workers’ compensation insurance, lowering the annual benchmark rate from $1.41 per $100 of payroll— representing a 2.1% percent decrease from last year. The advisory rate …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 3, 2025

Jared Polis wants to spin off the state’s stake in Pinnacol Assurance, privatizing the workers’ compensation carrier of last resort to help it make more money and plug government budget holes. Colorado Gov. The big idea is that pulling up …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 15, 2024

Brian Kemp has reaapointed Neera Bahl to another term on the state Board of Workers’ Compensation. Georgia Gov. The three-member board, which includes Director Benjamin Vinson and Chairman Frank McKay, acts as the appeals panel, hearing appeals from administrative law …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is giving its take on bills passed and passed on by California Legislature this year. The Legislature recessed for the year and Gov. Gavin Newsom had until Sept. 30 to sign or veto any …

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AMAXX

APRIL 23, 2025

Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is increasingly recognized as a critical component in workers’ compensation, influencing treatment decisions, recovery outcomes, and cost management. This ensures medical decisions in workers’ compensation are guided by the strongest available evidence.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

EverPeak Insurance, a workers’ compensation insurer that specializes in hard-to-place industries and small businesses, has recently expanded into South Carolina. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Vlad Stojanovic said the move will help address the difficulties that some employers face …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 17, 2024

Workers’ compensation claim rates and benefits paid in Minnesota continue to be stable or follow their long-term downward trajectories, a new Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) report shows. The 2024 Minnesota Workers’ Compensation System Report presents trend data regarding …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 8, 2024

California workers’ compensation written premium in 2023 was slightly above 2022, while written premium for the first six months of 2024 is 2% lower than the first six months of 2023, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 22, 2024

The West Virginia insurance commissioner’s office has adopted a new policy: It will soon begin destroying workers’ compensation claim files that are 10 years old or older. “Given increasing cybersecurity concerns and the type of information contained in the closed …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 15, 2025

A recent decision and concurring opinion by a Florida appeals court may have upset years of practice and could raise costs for workers’ compensation insurers. Some claims that carriers were once ready to close out of due to the statute …

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The average cost of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington will go up about 3.8% Employers and workers together will pay on average roughly $1 per week more for each … in 2025, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Texas’s worker’s compensation market is stable and steadily growing. The workers’ compensation market is one of the few consistently profitable lines in the state, according to the Worker’s Compensation Annual Report 2024 from the Insurance Council of Texas. Texas has …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 14, 2025

Dermatologicals, which include a number of high-priced, private label drugs, account for the biggest share of the total drug spend in the California workers’ compensation system, a new report shows. Data from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute shows recent shifts …

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A businessman in south Georgia who called his business a tax preparation site for immigrants is now facing multiple charges that he swindled clients out of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Emmanuel Torres Cruz, 34, was arrested …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 25, 2024

FCBI, a self-insurance fund founded 45 years ago to provide workers’ compensation plans to Florida citrus growers, is expanding well beyond the Sunshine State with the acquisition of MidSouth Mutual Insurance Co. in Tennessee. MidSouth has been demutualized and has …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The impact and surge of long-term COVID on the California workers’ compensation system since 2020 has been prevalent, including long-term impacts on disability and long-term patterns of medical cost and treatment on long COVID claims. That’s from a report by …

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AMAXX

MAY 27, 2025

Workers compensation is often misunderstood as a fixed cost of doing businesssomething employers have to accept, manage passively, and simply write checks for. In reality, workers comp costs are one of the most controllable expenses in your organization. Avoid It : Treat workers comp like a strategic initiative.

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.1% decrease in workers’ compensation loss cost projections for the West Virginia voluntary market. If approved by regulators, it would mark the 20th straight year of rate decreases for the state, …

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AMAXX

MAY 26, 2025

Workers compensation isnt a solo actits a team sport. This article breaks down the major stakeholders involved in workers comp and how collaboration across this ecosystem leads to better outcomesfor both the injured worker and the employer footing the bill. Theyre often the bridge between employers and carriers.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Summit, a regional provider of workers’ compensation insurance services, announced the expansion of its coverage into Illinois.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Annual workers’ compensation rate cuts in the double digits have become routine in almost every U.S. That trend may have now come to an end in Florida, where the National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending … state in recent years.

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AMAXX

MAY 21, 2025

Ask the average employee who pays for workers compensation, and you might hear answers like the insurance company, the government, or even nobodyits just a benefit. In reality, the employer foots the bill for every dollar spent in the workers compensation system. These misconceptions are widespreadand costly.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A Washington man who claimed he was too injured to work while operating a metal fabrication shop faces a felony charge in an alleged $340,000 workers’ compensation scam. Travis Lee Johnson, 52, of Spokane Valley, pleaded not guilty recently to …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

The California workers’ compensation system has been relatively stable in the post-pandemic era, as premium levels rose by 1% in 2023 and are forecast to increase modestly in 2024—while decreases in average insurer charged rates are moderating, a new report …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

1, 2025, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced. California’s 2025 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will increase on Jan. The minimum TTD rate will increase from $242.86 to $252.03, and the maximum TTD rate will increase from $1,619.15 …

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Workers Comp Compensation 278

AMAXX

MAY 14, 2025

When a workers comp program isnt delivering results, many employers instinctively look outward. If you want a high-performing workers comp programone that reduces claims, controls costs, and supports injured employees you need a rockstar internal team. Step 2: Define Your Internal Team Workers comp is a team sport.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) announced that employers should see a reduction in workers’ compensation rates in 2025, marking the fourth straight year of decreased rates. The projected rate reduction is based off preliminary figures collected by …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 15, 2025

Two months after his law license was suspended and he was charged with illicitly filming renters at his beach property, a South Carolina workers’ compensation attorney now faces a civil lawsuit by one of the alleged victims. The lawyer for …

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 1, 2025

BTW Solutions bills itself as a drug wholesaler and billing service and as a way for physicians to maximize profits on workers’ compensation and personal-injury-protection patients through the use of topical creams and durable medical equipment. The Benton, Arkansas-based …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The owner of a Fresno, California-based for-profit vocational school was charged with engaging in fraudulent billing practices related to workers’ compensation. Paul Steve Ramirez, 59, was charged with 11 felony counts, including insurance fraud. The fraudulent insurance claims could reach …

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Insurance Journal

JULY 31, 2024

Written premium for the first quarter of 2024 was 3% lower than the first quarter of 2023, while written premium in 2023 was slightly above 2022, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The WCIRB released its …

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 6, 2024

By William Rabb In recent years, workers’ compensation insurers have struggled to accurately gauge the precise trends in medical costs, and have had to rely on indexes that weren’t quite on-point: The U.S. Consumer Price Index is geared toward what …

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Insurance Journal

MAY 21, 2025

The owner of a San Jose-based security company was sentenced after a California Department of Insurance investigation reportedly uncovered a multiyear scheme to underreport payroll and avoid paying workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Raul Chavez, 40, pleaded guilty to felony premium …

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