Risk And Insurance - In-Depth Series

Workers' Comp In-Depth Series

Series Summary
Our three-part series is based on the theme, "The Unintended Consequences of Reform." The series focuses on three large states that have attempted or are attempting to reform their workers' compensation system and the unintended consequences those reforms have produced or could produce for employers, insurers and third-party administrators.

Current Installment

Workers' Comp In-Depth Series (Part 3): Caught in a Painful State
2010-12-01

Regardless of how reform works in Texas, narcotic use among injured workers there and nationally is exploding.

Past Installments

Workers' Comp In-Depth Series (Part 2): The Test of Time?
2010-11-01

Reforms enacted in California in 2004 worked, there's no question. But there are forces that would undermine them and constant vigilance is required.

Workers' Comp In-Depth Series (Part 1): The Tallahassee Shuffle
2010-10-15

Legislation that would have curbed physician dispensation of workers' comp pharmaceuticals was shot down in May, but the private sector in Florida isn't waiting on a government fix.

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