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The Secretary of State proposed a new rule regarding applications for workers' compensation exemptions.

The Division of Workers' Compensation proposed to adopt standardized paper medical treatment billing forms and electronic medical billing standards.

The Division of Workers' Compensation issued a memorandum to health care providers and insurance carriers stating that it posted a listing of status "N" drugs published in the official disability guidelines.

Return-to-work rates have improved in California since the enactment of reforms. However, it's unclear how much, if any, impact the reforms actually had on RTW, according to a new study.

Workers in retail, product manufacturing, and service supplies are the target of an effort to improve safety and health, thanks to an agreement announced in January.

The Workers' Compensation Board adopted amendments to rules regarding first reports of injury and procedures for payment of compensation.

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation proposed amendments to a rule on payments of hospital outpatient services.

The Workers' Compensation Commission proposed to amend procedural rules dealing with formal set-aside allocations and agreements for formal compromise and settlement.

The latest approach to addressing illegal aliens who are injured on the job may create a safeguard against one of the key concerns of employers: exposure to tort liability. A proposal before the Georgia General Assembly differs from those in other states, such as Montana, according to a legal expert.

Montana has the dubious distinction of being number one in a ranking of state workers' comp systems. The latest Premium rate ranking summary from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services showed the state beat out Alaska as having the highest workers' comp premium rates in the country.

Each of the top 10 highest penalties issued by OSHA in 2010 topped $1 million. Agency officials say the latest Top 10 list of the most frequently cited violations should put employers on notice that they need to take prevention seriously.

The Workers' Compensation Division proposed an amendment to a rule on the drug-free workplace programs.

The Bureau of Workers' Compensation proposed a rule to implement changes to the current procedural terminology codes and the health care procedure coding system Medicare codes in the fee schedule.

California employers will likely see more citations for "serious violations" and find it tougher to appeal them thanks to a law that went on the books this year. The statute clarifies the definition of a serious citation, provides new guidance for the appeals board in cases where the issuance of a serious citation is in question, and establishes procedures for notifying employers of the possibility they may face a citation, regulators say.

The Workers' Compensation Board issued a bulletin announcing the implementation of a new transaction code to allow carriers to close open expired policy terms for limited processing scenarios.