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Legislation that would cap reimbursement amounts for medications dispensed by physicians is on its way to the governor.

More responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City may be certified for treatment of breast cancer.

Oklahoma employers will soon have the option of opting out of the state's workers' comp system. That is, unless the courts get the issue and decide otherwise.

Alabama may soon be the only state with a court-based workers' comp dispute resolution system. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed legislation that removes that state from the list.

The Workers' Compensation Board issued a notice stating that the Notice of Suspension of Compensation and/or Benefits form was revised to allow for the suspension of compensation and benefits.

The end of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act may result in "fewer insurers offering terrorism insurance and prices potentially could increase," according to a new report.

Saying the workers' comp program covering federal employees has not been updated in nearly 40 years, President Obama is proposing changes.

The Workers' Compensation Board proposed amendments to regulations dealing with standards and procedures for billing and fees for medical treatment and services.

The Workers' Compensation Commission approved amending the fee schedule for ambulatory surgery centers to support a cost for certain surgically implanted devices.

New York businesses will save up to $800 million through the governor's workers' comp reform plan, he said.

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation proposed amendments to the self-insured rules.

When Elkay Manufacturing's risk management team targeted a specific plumbing plant for a process improvement plan, they needed union support.

A largely nonspecific category of workers' comp claims account for one out of every 13 injuries but one out of every 10 dollars paid in the California workers' comp system, researchers say. They are the claims in the category of "other injuries, poisonings and toxic effects."

A sink-making plumbing facility used to have 60 lost time claims every year -- all of them litigated. But the second year after its risk management team implemented a new program, the facility had no lost time claims for nearly a year.

It's now up to Tennessee's governor to decide whether to remove his state from the short list of those with court-based dispute resolution systems for workers' comp claims.

A Florida appeals court has agreed to rehear a controversial case involving the time limit of temporary total disability benefits. Workers' comp insurers are hoping the court will alter its decision that could cost the state's workers' comp system upwards of $65 million, according to NCCI.

Legislation that would largely block out-of-state professional athletes from seeking workers' comp benefits in California is gaining ground on both sides.

The Workers' Compensation Division proposed amendments to rules regarding the common claims fund balance for self-insured employer groups.

New tracks, interactive risk scenarios, and a special 60 tips general session highlight the 2013 conference.

Despite increases in future workers' comp loss costs, the governor's proposals to reform the workers' comp system should save employers money, predicts the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board.