Who Is Paying the Bills for Occupational Illnesses and Disease?

A recently published study from the US Department of Health and Human Services (NIOSH) reports that 45% of emergency room medical expenses for occupational illnesses and disease are not expected to be paid by workers' compensation insurance coverage.

Click here to read the complete report: Use of Workers’ Compensation Data for Occupational Safety  and Health: Proceedings from  June 2012 Workshop (May 2013) Identifying Workers’ Compensation as the Expected Payer in  Emergency Department Medical Records,  Larry L. Jackson, PhD, Susan J. Derk, MA, Suzanne M. Marsh, MPA, Audrey A. Reichard, OTR, MPH  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health


Read more about "medical bills" and workers' compensation:

Workers' Compensation: Collecting Unpaid Medical Bills in Workers ...

Feb 17, 2012

Medical bills now account for almost 70% of the total of workers' compensation benefits paid, and the collection of those unpaid medical bills has exploded into a cottage business creating enormous procedural and ...

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NJ Proposes Informal Process for Medical Bill Disputes - Workers ...

Jul 23, 2009

The number of disputes concerning the payment/reimbursement of medical bills have increased in workers' compensation claims in New Jersey. The State has proposed converting the Informal Hearing procedure into a new ...

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Medical Bills of Smokers Reported to be Less Than Expected

Apr 09, 2009

It has been recently reported that smokers may actually cost society less for medical treatment than non-smokers. The CDC has reported that since smokers die on the average 10 years earlier, their medical costs are actually ...

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Workers' Compensation: Law to Ban Medical Expense Claims ...

May 11, 2012

Legislation (A-2652) [introduced May 10, 2012] has been proposed in NJ that would ban charging workers' compensation claimants for medical expenses and gives the Division of Workers' Compensation sole jurisdiction ...

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