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Fewer Claims, Higher Losses for CA Workers’ Comp Self-Insureds

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October 25, 2024 | Oakland, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Self-insured workers in California saw claim volume in the state’s workers’ compensation system fall 9.5% in 2023, producing the biggest year-to-year decline in private self-insured claim frequency in more than 15 years. But double-digit increases in the average amounts paid and incurred on these claims drove […]

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Are Migraine Drugs Becoming a New WC Cost Driver?

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October 25, 2024 | Oakland, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Migraine Drugs represented less than 1% of all prescriptions dispensed to California injured workers in 2023 but they consumed 4.7% of workers’ compensation drug payments, a nearly 8-fold increase since 2018, which a California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) study links to the emergence of several high-cost

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Former CHP Captain Arrested for Workers’ Comp Fraud & Perjury

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October 23, 2024 | Folsom, CA — MedLegalNews.com – A former California Highway Patrol (CHP) captain, Matthew Stover, has been arrested on charges of workers’ compensation fraud and perjury, authorities reported. This case is a notable example of comp fraud within public safety agencies. Stover, 51, a 22-year veteran of the CHP, was detained in

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Cal/OSHA Fines Ruiz Farm Labor for Heat Illness Violations

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October 23, 2024 | Dixon, CA — MedLegalNews.com — Cal/OSHA has cited Ruiz Farm Labor in Dixon for failing to protect its employees from heat illness, imposing a penalty of $17,550 for three serious heat illness violations of California’s heat illness prevention standard. The investigation began in June after reports surfaced that the farm labor

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California Workers’ Comp Premium Trends and Insights

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California workers’ comp premium trends are the focus of a new Quarterly Experience Report released by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB). The report provides an update on the state’s insurer experience valued as of June 30, 2024. In addition to tracking premium levels, the WCIRB uses the report to highlight shifts

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California Workers’ Comp Medical Payments 10% Below Median

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Comp medical payments in California are drawing attention after a Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) study revealed that, as of March 2023, medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in the state were 10% below the median of a 17-state sample. Titled CompScope Medical Benchmarks for California, 25th Edition, the report assesses med payment, pricing, and

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