OSHA issues final electronic recordkeeping rule for injuries
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its controversial final rule on Wednesday to expand electronic recordkeeping requirements for workplace injuries and illnesses and make such records publicly available. The new rule, effective Jan. 1, 2017, requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness data that they are already required to record on their on-site OSHA
Gold Justice Partner Ringler Associates Supports Natty Awards
Congratulations to the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia which won for Publication of the Year and the New Jersey Association for Justice which won for CLE of the Year. Accepting on behalf of their organizations was Carla Terzariol, Executive Director/CEO, and Cornelius Larkin, Executive Director, respectively. Gold Justice Partner Ringler Associates represented at the meeting by Duke Wolpert sponsored the awards which were beautiful.
Broadspire(R) Donates $175,000 to Two Not-for-Profits
Broadspire®, a leading global third-party administrator of workers compensation claims, liability claims and medical management services, has donated $100,000 to the SOS Children’s Village – Florida and $75,000 to Moving in the Spirit in Georgia. The funds were raised during the Company’s 2016 Charity Golf Tournament. Read more…
Opioid law provides limited relief to big problem
A federal law aimed at cutting opioid addiction lacks sufficient funding and scope, but observers say it still could ease a problem that is a major issue for the workers compensation sector. In particular, by increasing education efforts and introducing prescription reporting at the national level, the measure will help employers and insurers curb some abuse of the addictive drugs, they say.
Guest opinion: ColoradoCare threatens workers’ comp system
I’ve been saying for months, along with other Colorado business leaders, that Amendment 69 is a bad idea. The effort to create a single-payer health-care system, called ColoradoCare, would have a profound and disastrous effect on the state, including my area of concern, workers’ compensation insurance. Read more…
Author Michael Stack, Principal, COMPClub, Amaxx LLC. He is an expert in workers compensation cost containment systems and helps employers reduce their work comp costs by 20% to 50%. He works as a consultant to large and mid-market clients, is co-author of Your Ultimate Guide To Mastering Workers Comp Costs, a comprehensive step-by-step manual of cost containment strategies based on hands-on field experience, and is founder of COMPClub, an exclusive member training program on workers compensation cost containment best practices. Through these platforms he is in the trenches on a working together with clients to implement and define best practices, which allows him to continuously be at the forefront of innovation and thought leadership in workers’ compensation cost containment. Contact: mstack@reduceyourworkerscomp.com.
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