The state’s Supreme Court ruled it not hear a case challenging the constitutionality of California’s independent medical review (IMR) system created by the SB 863 reforms. The court rejected the …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is changing course and will propose doubling the 2018 increase in the dual wage threshold for the carpentry and steel framing industries. The proposal …
California’s excess workers’ comp market topped $243 million in written premium last year – the highest total in the last decade. The overall amount of premium though is up just …
Investigators for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and the California Department of Insurance charged ten applicant’s attorneys and six cappers in a massive $300 million workers’ comp fraud scheme …
The ten largest insurance groups in the California workers’ comp market remained the same in 2016, but several carriers swapped positions in the annual report by the California Department of …
The California Insurance Guarantee Association’s one-time multi-billion-dollar workers’ comp deficit is no more – or at least soon will be no more. The agency is moving to collect $259 million …
Applicants are still seeking ways to allow workers’ comp judges to make medical decisions against the will of California’s Legislature. The California Supreme Court is being asked to overturn decisions …
The Division of Workers’ Compensation’s efforts to implement a workers’ comp prescription drug formulary still enjoys broad industry support, but many are asking the Division to delay the effective date. …