New Michigan law expands workers’ comp benefits for firemen with cancer
A new Michigan law makes more firemen with cancer eligible for workers’ compensation. Under the law, an application for benefits from the state’s First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund suspends the employee’s workers’ compensation claim against the employer. Fox 2 (Detroit)
New Jersey county limits workers’ comp claims with motion capture tech
Monmouth County, New Jersey, is using a solution that combines biomechanical data from motion capture cameras with an artificial intelligence-based movement algorithm to detect falsified or exaggerated injury and workers’ compensation claims. Historically, such analyses have been subjective, but the newly-patented technology employs the same technology films and video games use to produce avatars to measure a person’s range of motion. GCN
10 healthcare organizations suspending COVID-19 vaccination mandates
Hospitals and health systems are suspending COVID-19 vaccination mandates amid a temporary halt of the CMS mandate for healthcare employees. The mandate requires healthcare employees to be fully vaccinated by January 4. Becker’s Hospital Review
Delaware workers’ comp rates to decrease for fifth consecutive year
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced recently that workers’ compensation insurance rates were set to decrease for the fifth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market will see an average 20.02 percent reduction, and residual market rates will go down an average of 20.01 percent. Coastal Point