Workers’ compensation covers most workplace injuries, including slip, trip and fall injuries. These accidents and consequent injuries can occur in all types of work environment, and the severity of injury may differ with each type of work and work environment. Injured...
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Washington State Set to See a Drop in Workers’ Compensation Rate for 2019
Workers' compensation insurance is mandatory for employers in most U.S. states. This benefit is a great boon for injured workers and their families because it provides the much needed financial...
Proactive Steps Can Help Reduce Workers’ Compensation Costs
Workers' compensation insurance is mandatory for employers in most U.S states. While this is a necessary expense, and is intended to pay benefits to injured employees on the basis of a fair and...
Why Changes Are Inevitable for the U.S. Workers’ Comp Program
Workers' compensation programs are state-based social insurance programs that ensure medical and income support to workers injured on the job and those who acquire job-related illnesses. Medical...
Improved Medical Care for Workers a Major Agenda in New York Workers’ Comp Board Proposal
More providers need to be attracted to providing medical services for injured workers so that workers gain improved access to medical care. With this in mind, the New York Workers' Compensation...
The “Coming and Going Rule” in Workers’ Comp and Its Exceptions
Workers are covered by workers' compensation for injuries sustained while on the job. Medical records review is an important requirement in determining compensation and workers' comp lawyers utilize...
Workers’ Compensation Rights of Store Employees
Almost 12% of the entire workers' compensation market is made up of retail stores, warehousing businesses, apparel stores, and wholesale distributors. Retail as well as wholesale shops require...
An Overview of Excess Workers’ Compensation Insurance
There are many aspects of workers' compensation insurance that employers must understand to ensure smooth functioning of this employee welfare program and avoid unnecessary litigation. The...
What Are the Common Workplace Injuries and How to Prevent Them?
Workplace injuries are very common, with estimates pointing to more than 2 million workers getting injured severely on the job and requiring ongoing medical care. Medical records review is an...
Factors to Consider When Filing Workers’ Compensation Claims in Illinois
Workplace injury and workers' compensation cases require medical record retrieval services since it would help lawyers clearly estimate the damages that are due to their clients. A state-mandated...
Physician Dispensing Practice: a Major Concern for the Workers’ Compensation System
The workers' compensation program that utilizes comprehensive medical record retrieval and review is a major lifeline for injured workers in the United States. However, controlling workers'...