The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently released a comprehensive study examining "mega claims" in workers...

The Federal government has proposed a simplified medical billing process that may impact workers' compensation billing practices going f...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Workers’ compensation employer costs as a share of payroll declined in 2015, reversing a four-year trend, and benefits as...

President Barack Obama Photo credit:  Wikipedia On Friday President Obama issued an Executive Order to increase competition in the mar...

Study Finds Benefits as a Share of Payroll Approach Lowest in Three Decades Workers’ compensation benefits as a share of payroll for in...

Does the demise of the Vermont Single Payer system signal that change is on the horizon on a national level for a more sweeping program? The...

Medical costs now constitute a huge percentage of every workers' compensation claim. A recent editorial published in New Hampshire asser...

Workers' Compensation was designed to provide the best available medical treatment possible. A good surgical results benefits all stakeh...

Containment of medical costs remain a major issue in all workers' compensation programs. The California process of "independent ...

Hepatitis is an occupationally related illness and treatment for the disease may now even become more expensive in the short run. How thi...

Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.org A 58-year-old Maryland woman breaks her...

Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org Dr. Ardis Dee Hoven Debated and des...

Workers' Compensation benefits are usually based on an individual's wages and limited by the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW). Li...

NASI issued the following press release reflecting that workers' compensation costs are continuing to soar on the back of ever increas...

A recent study highlights the nation's disparity on the cost of medicine. The study also recommends that Medicare continue to pay varyin...

Blame for increased medical costs is getting tossed around like a political football. Those deeply entrenched into the system are pointing ...

A government Medicare advisory panel reported on Friday that sweeping changes should be implemented to reduce increasing medical costs, incl...

Robert Reich, in a 3 minute video, states the reasons why jobs, growth and universal healthcare are needed to expand the US economy.  T...

Outcome Based Medicine Being Adopted by NYC The idea of compensation medical...

The "fat" gene With over two-thirds of the nations' workforce ...