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California’s WCIRB – Rather Active Lately With Formula Changes

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California’s WCIRB Changing X-Mod Formulas

I am actually traveling on my way to a one-day WCIRB conference in Burbank/LA tomorrow.

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I noticed that the WCIRB had a two different press releases today.I wanted to publish this info as soon as possible as there are a few major changes to the WCIRB rules in the press releases. I will rewrite the post as I travel.  I have a four hour, yes four hour delay in Denver. OK, so why  was an airport built in a convergent zone = fog all the time?Please notice there was a 3.4% increase to the overall rates.   What happened to the reform?

Proposed Advisory Pure Premium Rates (to be submitted on or around August 19)

The proposed January 1, 2014 advisory pure premium rates that will be included in the WCIRB filing average approximately $2.62 per $100 of payroll, which is 3.4% above the industry average filed pure premium rate of $2.53 per $100 of payroll as of July 1, 2013.

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These proposed advisory pure premium rates reflect the WCIRB’s most current evaluation of Senate Bill No. 863 (published October 12, 2012); however, these proposed advisory pure premium rates do not reflect any provision for the impact of the new physician medical fee schedule which is based on the Resource Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) and is under consideration by the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC). If the DWC adopts the new schedule, the WCIRB anticipates modifying its proposed advisory pure premium rates based on its evaluation of the cost impact of the new schedule on policy year 2014 medical costs.

Proposed Regulatory Changes (to be submitted on or around August 9)

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The WCIRB’s August 9, 2013 regulatory filing will include proposed amendments to the California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan-1995 (USRP), the Miscellaneous Regulations for the Recording and Reporting of Data-1995 (Miscellaneous Regs) and the CaliforniaWorkers’ Compensation Experience Rating Plan-1995 (ERP) effective January 1, 2014. The amendments to the USRP include (1) changes to the Standard Classification System, (2) changes to data reporting requirements to conform to national data reporting specifications, and (3) an amendment to provide for the use of collective bargaining agreements to validate an employee’s hourly wage rate for purposes of assignment to a high wage dual classification for audits on policies with an expiration date on or after January 1, 2014. Additionally, a number of amendments will be proposed to the USRP, Miscellaneous Regs and the ERP to facilitate a bifurcated filing process and for clarity and consistency.

The WCIRB will also propose a number of regulatory changes to be effective on January 1, 2015 including amendments to the USRP pertaining to policy reporting requirements and significant amendments to the ERP intended to constrain the impact of a single claim incurred during the experience period to 25 percentage points.

Both filings and all related documents will be available in the Publications and Filings section of the WCIRB website and the WCIRB will issue a WCIRB Wire Story when each filing has been submitted to the CDI.

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