9:29 am, May. 19 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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With the federal budget deficit shrinking quicker than expected Washington will be much less inclined to reign in Social Security and Medicare spending.That's what CNN senior political analyst David Gergen told NCCI Holding Inc.'s just concluded 2013 Annual Issues Symposium.Mr. Gergen opened his ...MORE
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6:59 am, May. 17 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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You get the sense that the smart money is betting on California’s workers compensation market.The California Workers’ Compensation Institute just released data on the Golden State’s top ten comp writers for 2012 and there are a couple of interesting points here.After acquiring the ...MORE
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1:31 pm, May. 14 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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A recent survey of employers shows that 52% reported a workers compensation premium increase within the past year, up from 48% in 2012.The survey of 3,100 employers nationwide conducted by Zywave also found that 53% of employers are somewhat or very concerned about post-accident cost control while ...MORE
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3:27 pm, May. 10 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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Collateral posted by policyholders who purchased large deductible workers compensation policies from Ullico Casualty Co. could be at risk, a law firm recently warned.Ullico Casualty was placed into rehabilitation in March and a couple of attorneys at Bingham McCutchen L.L.P. recently posted that ...MORE
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12:16 pm, May. 5 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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The prevalence of back pain is on the rise, while the incidence of “chronic” back pain is rising even faster with its growth expected to continue or accelerate, a recent report warns.The number of U.S. adults experiencing back pain rose 29% from 30.2 million during 2000-2001 to 38.9 ...MORE
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3:43 pm, May. 1 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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Third party administrators tell me employers have lost interest in unbundling their workers compensation managed care services from their contracts for TPA claims administration.I have questions about this assertion because it obviously benefits TPAs as they derive significant revenue from bundling ...MORE
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9:39 am, Apr. 30 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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The annual Risk and Insurance Management Society's annual conference that just concluded in Los Angeles proved successful, as usual. And as always, it provided a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and meet new ones.Below are a few notes from my RIMS conversations.At AIG's party a group ...MORE
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11:09 am, Apr. 25 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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We are witnessing a shift in workers compensation of immense proportions with Oklahoma's move to allow employers to opt out of its workers comp system.I can't think of a more substantial change that has occurred in work comp nationwide in the past two decades and probably farther back than that.I ...MORE
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6:18 am, Apr. 13 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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Food and Drug Administration inspectors found “objectionable conditions” at 30 recently visited compounding pharmacies. Recall the compounding pharmacy implicated in the deadly fungal meningitis outbreak last year.The conditions recently observed at the 30 inspected compounding ...MORE
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3:10 pm, Apr. 11 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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It's still being sorted out whether workers compensation insurers are on the hook for medical marijuana prescriptions, according to an attorney writing in the Arizona Workers Compensation Assn.'s newsletter.Arizona's medical marijuana law is new so it hasn't yet been established whether employers ...MORE
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3:10 pm, Apr. 11 SOSEScript: kickapps failed executing with the following error:
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It's still being sorted out whether workers compensation insurers are on the hook for medical marijuana prescriptions, according to an attorney writing in the Arizona Workers Compensation Assn.'s newsletter.Arizona's medical marijuana law is new so it hasn't yet been established whether employers ...MORE
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