A new state audit has made recommendations to improve accountability and efficiency in the workers’ compensation system. State Auditor Suzanne Bump said Thursday that her office’s review found that the Department of Industrial Accidents, which oversees the system, does not …
In late March 2014, Texas Insurance Commissioner Julia Rathegeber approved a staff petition to adopt the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Basic Manual, with Texas exceptions, and the national and Texas-specific endorsements and forms in the NCCI Forms Manual. …
A new method of paying medical fees for injured workers under the state workers’ compensation program won’t be in place until mid-2015, and it will take more time for insurance companies to judge any effects on lowering costs so that …
As in other states with no restrictions on pricing in the workers’ compensation system, medical costs per claim are high and are rising in Indiana, according to a recent study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute in Cambridge, Mass. Hospital …
The transition of Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system from a court-based system to an administrative one became effective Feb. 1, 2014, a change that proponents believe will lower costs and help make the state more competitive in attracting businesses. In May …
The ongoing effects of workers’ compensation reforms enacted in New York in 2007 are monitored by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) in a new study that focuses on objectives that are being achieved, objectives that are not being met, …
Gov. Mary Fallin is announcing the appointment of Oklahoma Commerce Department executive director Jonna Kirschner to a transition team to establish a new workers’ compensation system. The new system was authorized by legislation passed and signed into law earlier this …
Two Republican state senators from Oklahoma are visiting Arkansas this week to study that state’s administrative workers’ compensation system. Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Anthony Sykes and Sen. Josh Brecheen both were in Arkansas on Wednesday to learn how that state …
Texas workers’ compensation system regulators report that 56 insurance carriers have been deemed high performers in the system. Announcing the results of the fourth Insurance Carrier Performance Based Oversight assessment Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) said …
The Oklahoma State Chamber says shifting the state’s court-based workers’ compensation system to an administrative model will be one of its top priorities for the upcoming legislative session. The powerful lobbying group that represents hundreds of businesses and industries across …