Monthly Archives: June 2016

Former Governor Bobby Jindal’s privatization of claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s Office of Risk Management saved the state less money than originally promised, according to a recent audit.

Liberty Mutual’s latest research found that working age adults account for more than two-thirds of the estimated 9.9 million annual fall-related injuries impacting U.S. adults.

The California Department of Insurance announced on June 29th, 2016, that two Berkshire Hathaway companies were issued a cease and desist order from the California Department of Insurance.

BLS just released new data about workplace injury rates overnight.

Some doctors and advocates are calling for government patient satisfaction surveys to be altered to de-emphasize the treatment of pain, which can lead to the overprescribing of opioids.

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for the third quarter of 2016 at 4.03 percent.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a railroad worker who claims he was bitten by a mosquito carrying West Nile virus while performing his job cannot hold the railroad responsible.

The National Safety Council released a list of the best and worst prepared states to handle the opioid crisis; Louisiana is in the middle of the pack.

Roberto Ceniceros, workers’ comp columnists with Risk & Insurance, addressed the increasing willing ness of payers to reimburse claimants for medical marijuana in some states as an alternative for chronic pain treatment in the face of the opioid epidemic.