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

An overall reduction in drug utilization of 2.8 percent resulted from a decrease in the number of prescriptions per claim and days' supply per prescription, reports a pharmacy benefit manager.

The national system for tracking workplace injuries and illnesses may be woefully inadequate, suggests a new blog post.

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 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."

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

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.

Preventing the approximately 43 deaths and 585 injuries and illnesses each year from exposure to hazardous chemicals is the goal of the new Hazard Communication Standard.

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

Construction workers who cut fiber cement siding with circular saws may be at risk for serious lung disease. Government scientists are hoping to recruit voluntary participants for a study on possible solutions.

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

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.

Fatal injuries among commercial fishing workers entangled in machinery can be prevented, researchers say. Of eight deaths of workers involved in deck winch incidents between 2000 and 2011, six should have been survivable, says a new report.

Age, ethnicity, and legality seem to play a role in increasing the risk of fatal falls among construction workers from roofs, says a new study.

The Division of Workers' Compensation issued an information letter stating that a cost-of-living increase of 1.9 percent will go into effect on May 10.

The Department of Labor and Industries amended rules regarding employee classifications.