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The Workers' Compensation Agency enacted a new rule allowing workers to receive workers' compensation payments made by electronic transfer.

Legislation to further extend the federal backstop for private insurers on terrorism-related losses is officially before a House panel. The current law is due to expire next year, causing concern among insurers about policies renewing in January -- especially workers' comp.

There are fewer prescriptions for compound drugs in the California workers' comp system these days. Nevertheless, payers are shelling out more money for them, according to a report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute.

Oklahoma lawmakers are once again considering legislation to allow employers to opt out of the workers' comp system. The bill making its way through the legislature is a tweaked version of last year's rejected proposal.

The revised bloodborne pathogens standard established in 2001 has gone a long way to protect health care workers. But those in non-hospital settings may still be at risk.

The deaths of more than a dozen bathtub refinishers since 2000 has prompted an alert about the dangers of working with methylene chloride.

Opioids and repackaged medications will be the focus of state lawmakers during an upcoming national meeting. Committees in the National Council of Insurance Legislators will look at model laws for states to adopt.

Employers covered under the federal OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and posting requirements have until April 30 to post their OSHA 300A logs.

Efforts to keep workers warm may result in carbon monoxide poisoning. Federal authorities are warning employers to be especially vigilant about protecting workers during the colder months.

California's workers' comp system could see savings of $57.2 million by allowing third-party payer access to its prescription drug monitoring program, suggests a new report.

People in Missouri may be hired more quickly if the prospective employer can look online to see if there is a history of filing workers' comp claims. That's the idea behind a proposed online database for businesses.

A shift in focus from treating the loss of function to relieving pain explains much of the cost differences for workers' comp claims more than 20 years old, according to new research.

"Carpal tunnel injury claims are among the most expensive work injury claims in California, with higher than average indemnity and medical payments," says a new report. They typically involve "not only high medical costs, but long periods of recuperation and permanent disability, which push up indemnity costs."

Health care providers unfamiliar with handling work-related injuries have a new resource. The New Clinicians Web page from OSHA is aimed at helping clinicians understand the requirements and procedures in dealing with such cases.

The Workers' Compensation Commission issued a memorandum stating that the Insurance Compliance Division will no longer accept requests for certificates of non-insurance.

Workers newly hired in poultry plants may be more susceptible to a particular type of infection, suggests a new study.