Quote of the day
"We need a statute that has teeth in it."
William Mabe, the administrator-CEO of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, regarding penalties for kickbacks in the agency's managed-care operation
The Workers’ Comp Exec will be on vacation until January 8, 2007.
State Fund to Co-Host Tractor Safety Classes in Fresno
Fresno County Farm Bureau and State Compensation Insurance Fund will host “Train the Trainer” tractor safety classes for Farm Bureau members January 24-25, 2007. Workers’ Comp Executive
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SEC: CFO Understated Workers’ Comp by $30 Million
The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges in a complaint filed this week that the former chief financial officer of Interstate Bakeries Corp. used “obsolete” and “unreliable” information in order to deliberately understate the company’s workers’ compensation reserves by at least $30 million. By Dan Margolies, Kansas City Star
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Give the Law Some ‘Teeth,’ Urges Ohio BWC Boss
Reacting to a Toledo Blade investigation that showed bureau investigators failed to fully probe allegations of fraud and kickbacks in the agency’s managed-care section, William Mabe, administrator-CEO of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, says tougher penalties are needed for kickbacks in the agency’s managed-care operation. By Steve Eder and James Drew, Toledo Blade
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Maine Lobsterman Caged for Workers’ Comp Perjury
A judge rejects the slap-on-the-wrist option, and instead sentences a 48-year-old Maine lobsterman to seven months in jail for lying under oath about work he was paid for while he collected workers’ compensation benefits. By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News
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Arkansan Injured Driving To Work Wins Workers’ Comp Appeal
The Arkansas Court of Appeals reverses a Workers’ Compensation Commission ruling that denied benefits to a pizza restaurant manager who was injured while driving to work in 2003. The state WCC had found that at the time of the collision, the manager was not performing employment services. The Morning News (Springdale, Ark.)
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Toledo Firms Among Ohio Scofflaws
Four Toledo area firms are among 84 that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has identified as having not paid workers’ compensation premiums. Toledo Blade
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Editorial: West Virginia Could Use Some PRAGmatism
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s decision to hire the Public Resources Advisory Group has saved taxpayers more than $526 million so far, including in its efforts to streamline the state’s changeover to a privatized workers’ compensation system. Charleston Daily Mail
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