Florida workers compensation Archives

Padgett Plaintiffs Ask Florida Supreme Court to Decide Workers Comp Constitutionality

A legal challenge to the constitutionality of Florida workers compensation system that was thrown out by a state appeals court may be headed to the Florida Supreme Court. The plaintiffs in the case ...

WCRI Study: Pill Mill Reform Fuels Shift from Opioids to Weaker Meds

A law banning physicians from dispensing certain strong opioids discouraged the doctors from prescribing those drugs at all, according to a new study, which also found that the doctors dispensed more ...

Florida Enters Era of Workers’ Compensation Market Stability

Florida's workers' compensation system has reached a rare state of rate stability, according to insurers and officials. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), filed for a one percent ...

Florida OKs Cap on Physician-Dispensed Drugs for Workers’ Comp

After years of struggling to rein in the cost of physician-dispensed drugs, Florida workers' compensation insurers finally have a compromise with physicians and drug companies that is projected to ...

Florida Workers’ Compensation Ruling’s Pricetag: $65 Million

A Florida court's ruling that the state's 104-week limit on injured workers' temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers' compensation industry's ...