Could moving California’s workers’ comp appeals board system fully into the information age actually force providers and carriers back into a paper-based system? That was the fear expressed by many in the system at a recent hearing by the Assembly Insurance Committee to investigate the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s new $36 million Electronic Adjudicatory Management …
In this issue we publish the third quarter national workers’ comp results of carriers that also write business in California. This comprehensive list shows the premiums written and year-to-date loss percentages for all carriers with any significant amounts of workers’ comp business. Click here.
More and more workers’ comp carriers and self-insureds are starting to use the services of pharmaceutical benefit managers, thanks to promises of annual drug-spending savings of up to 20%. At its core, the function of a pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) is to ensure the right prescription drugs are delivered to the right patient at the …
Workers’ Comp Carriers’ First-Quarter Results for 2007 are on in the resources section of our web site. Find first-quarter results for national workers’ compensation carriers writing business in California, by clicking here.
The rates are in, and this year most workers’ compensation insurance carriers chose to stick close to Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s recommendation for a 14.2 percent decrease in the pure premium rate. For those who strayed from the commissioner’s counsel, most opted for a smaller decrease.
In this issue, Workers’ Comp Executive features the 2006 California workers’ comp underwriting results for all carriers writing business in the Golden State. Please find the complete listings here.
In the resources section of the Workers’ Comp Executive website we include national workers’ comp results of workers’ comp carriers that write business in California. Click here to see. The results we are publishing in this issue are for the third quarter of 2006. One of the most notable changes is at State Compensation Insurance …
Workers’ comp carriers and self-insureds say the California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) proposed regulations for a new utilization review audit will create huge penalties, spawn audit fatigue and create a paperwork torture chamber for claims adjusters. The payor community also says DWC should provide clearer guidance on what constitutes the kind of bad behavior …