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Hospital Charges Rise Even as Auto Casualty Claimants Avoid Emergency Rooms
Auto casualty claimants are avoiding hospital emergency rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic but are generating increased hospital charges anyway, according to a new report by Mitchell, a San ...
Amazon Warehouse Workers Injured More than Industry Average: Report
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Insurers Recognizing ‘Mega’ WC Claims More Quickly
The share of "mega" workers' compensation claims — those expected to cost $3 million or more — climbed steadily since 2013 after dropping as construction employment declined sharply during the ...
Arizona Opioid Case Against Purdue, Sackler Family Rejected by SCOTUS
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a novel case by Arizona seeking to recover billions of dollars that the state has said that members of the Sackler family - owners of Purdue Pharma LP - ...
States Vary Widely in How They Control Workers Comp Medical Costs
Workers' compensation medical costs vary widely among the states both in terms of price and how often services are used. The differences appear to relate closely to which cost-drivers each state ...
Novel Opioid Settlement Talks Framework Draw Federal Judge’s Support
A federal judge on Tuesday expressed support for a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties suing drug companies over the U.S. opioid epidemic that would bring every community ...
Another Opioid Distributor Is Charged Over Its Role in the U.S. Drug Epidemic
An Ohio drug wholesale distributor and two former executives were charged on Thursday with profiting from the U.S. opioid epidemic by selling millions of pills despite signs the addictive drugs were ...
U.S. Workers Comp On Track for a Fifth Consecutive Year of Underwriting Profits: Fitch
The U.S. workers compensation insurance market is likely to post a fifth consecutive year of underwriting profits in 2019 after stellar results in 2018, Fitch Ratings is predicting in a new report. ...