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ACA Repeal Could Lead To More Workers Comp Case Shifting

Will ACA Repeal (Affordable Care Act) Cause Case Shifting to WC? The drumbeat for ACA… Read More

2016 NWCDC Innovations IWalkFree Medical Equipment

2016 NWCDC Innovations - Two Companies - iWalkFree My 2016 NWCDC Innovations search ended up where… Read More

Workers Comp Innovation – NWCDC – National Work Comp Conference

Workers Comp Innovation Search - Wish Me Luck My Workers Comp innovation search has involved… Read More

NCCI Affordable Care Act Analysis – With Political Twist

NCCI Affordable Care Act Analysis Interesting Conclusion The recent NCCI Affordable Care Act Analysis synthesized… Read More

President Elect vs Workers Comp – What Did Trump Say?

The President Elect vs Workers Comp - A Search Will the President elect vs Workers… Read More

NCCI Affordable Care Act Analysis – Interesting Study

Venerable NCCI Affordable Care Act Analysis The NCCI Affordable Care Act  (ACA) study was taken… Read More

Five Amazing Ways That Workers Comp Insurance Is Unique

Workers Comp Insurance Is Unto Itself Workers Comp Insurance is now one of the more… Read More

Top 10 Risk Management Techniques For Workers Comp

Top 10 Risk Management Techniques The Risk Management Techniques for Workers Comp can vary by… Read More

Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) – Great Risk Management Technique

Functional Capacity Evaluation - A Workers Comp Mystery The Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE)  is one… Read More

Endorsements – Forgotten Part Of Workers Comp Policy

Workers Comp Endorsements Are Worth a Look The Endorsements section of a Workers Comp policy… Read More

California AB 1643 Changes Apportionment For Worse

California AB 1643 Warning Memo From WCAN The new California AB 1643 House Bill has… Read More

Workers Comp Hard Markets and China Financial Crisis

New Workers Comp Hard Markets May Come From China The Workers Comp hard markets of… Read More

Workers Comp Tax To Some Employers? – Shocker!

Is There Really A Workers Comp Tax? A Workers Comp tax is something that many… Read More

Oklahoma Opt-Out Insurance – OK Supreme Court Says See Ya!!!

Oklahoma Opt-Out Insurance Takes Major Hit The fans of Oklahoma Opt-Out Insurance were dealt a… Read More

Workers Comp Expert Witness – Tough Row To Hoe

Workers Comp Expert Witness - A Niche' ? Being a Workers Comp expert witness over… Read More

Classification By Analogy Can Affect Workers Comp Rates

Classification By Analogy The term Classification by Analogy is one of those workers comp buzzwords… Read More

Work Comp Outpatient Hospital Charges – WCRI Exposes Myth

States Vary Greatly in Work Comp Outpatient Hospital Charges - WCRI The Work Comp outpatient… Read More

Virginia Medical Fee Schedule – Hell May Freeze Over After All

Virginia Medical Fee Schedule Passed By House and Senate A new Virginia medical fee schedule… Read More

Work Comp Premium Audits Do Not Have 75% Inaccuracy Rate

Are Work Comp Premium Audits Only Correct 25% Of The Time? We review Work Comp… Read More

Work Comp Schedule Ratings Backed By Science

Work Comp Schedule Ratings Backed by FSU Research Some of the Work Comp Schedule Ratings… Read More

North Carolina Work Comp Subrogation Takes Weird Turn

North Carolina Work Comp Subrogation Re-re-reverses Course The subject of North Carolina Work Comp subrogation… Read More

10 Most Dangerous Jobs For 2016 With Work Comp Rates

The 10 Most Dangerous Jobs vs. Their Loss Costs A 10 Most Dangerous Jobs list… Read More

Business Insurance Closes – Bummer – Update – Now Back Open

Business Insurance Closed - Update - They Are Back Open Business Insurance was always a… Read More

West Virginia Rates Reduced For 12th Time – NCCI

West Virginia Rates Are Falling Again The West Virginia rates for Workers Compensation have received… Read More

Workers Comp Math – Where 2 + 2 = 5.36789

A Great Example of Workers Comp Math The crazy world of Workers Comp math has… Read More

Cutcompcosts.com Upgrades Articles – Better Readability

Cutcompcosts.com Upgrades Website Access and Readability We at Cutcompcosts.com are now happier campers, so to… Read More

Experience Mod For Next Year – Ruined By Big Claim?

Experience Mod Question From Article Reader The Experience Mod system- while seemingly complicated and full… Read More

Dave DePaolo – Workers Comp Community Loses Guru

Dave DePaolo Was Such A Great Person I met Dave DePaolo in 2003 through an… Read More

Work Comp Reserves And Twilight Zone Phone Call

How To Negatively Affect The Initial Work Comp Reserves The Work Comp reserves on a… Read More

Work Comp Reserves – Why is June 30th Most Crucial Day?

Work Comp Reserves And The Unit Statistical Date Why do Work Comp reserves become so… Read More

James Moore Presenter Insurance Academy Webinar On Adjusters

James Moore Presenter Insurance Academy Webinar - Adjusters J&L Risk Management Consultants founder James Moore… Read More

Work Comp Adjusters – Settlement And Reserve Authority From Insureds

Work Comp Adjusters - A Controversial Subject Most Work Comp adjusters have a very strict… Read More

Workers Compensation Cost Cutting – Silent Fifth Key

#1 Workers Compensation Cost Reduction Technique The art of Workers Compensation cost cutting is one… Read More

Workers Comp Premium Auditors Are Licensed In Which States?

Should Workers Comp Premium Auditors Be Licensed? Are Workers Comp premium auditors actually licensed in… Read More

California CWCI Independent Medical Reviews – Other Statistics

California CWCI Publishes Quarterly Report on IMR Statistics - The Other Numbers The California CWCI… Read More

Do Work Comp Claim Analytics Really Work As Promised

Have Work Comp Claim Analytics Arrived? A Work Comp Claim Analytics package is something that… Read More

Work Comp Laws For All 50 States And Canada – WCRI IAIABC

Work Comp Laws - All 50 States The Work Comp Laws for all 50 states… Read More

Premium Audit Statement + Other Document Shows Final Numbers

Premium Audit Statement is One Piece of the Puzzle The Premium Audit Statement (PAS) or… Read More

State Workers Comp Administrators – Where Is The Best List?

State Workers Comp Administrators - Best List To Use This question on state Workers Comp… Read More

Comments Section Has Gone Rogue – Again – Now Fixed

Comments Section Has Gone Rogue Our comments section has been repaired quite a few times,… Read More

Work Comp Wellness Plans – Should Industry Follow Feds?

Work Comp Wellness Plans - Should Employers Receive An Incentive? Should Work Comp wellness plans… Read More

James J Moore To Present Premium Audit Webinar May 26th

James J Moore - How to Properly Review the Work Comp Premium Audit- And Use… Read More

NCCI Says Workers Comp Combined Ratio 94% – Shocker

NCCI Says Workers Comp Combined Ratio 94% When NCCI says Workers Comp Combined Ratio fell… Read More

Work Comp Predictive Models vs Gut Feelings – The Winner Is(?)

Work Comp Predictive Models There are so many articles on Work Comp predictive models out… Read More

Colorado Workers Comp Single Payer Conundrum

Colorado Workers Comp Single Payer Plan Up For Vote This Fall The vote for Colorado… Read More

Workers Compensation Records Retention Question

Workers Compensation Records Retention Recommendations The subject of Workers Compensation Records Retention is not as… Read More

Workers Comp Adjusters – Feel Good Friday

Video By Rising Medical Solutions Is A Pick-Me-Up For Workers Comp Adjusters Unfortunately,  Workers Comp… Read More

Workers Comp Accident Rates Affected By Spring Forward

Workers Comp Accident Rates Do Spring Forward Do Workers Comp Accident Rates twice per year?… Read More

WCRI Conference Blogging Live – Sharing Economy and WC

WCRI Conference Blogging Live The WCRI Annual Conference Blogging Live 2016. Presenter - Dr. Robert Hartwig-… Read More

CompScope WCRI Blogging Live – State of States

CompScope - State of the States - WCRI - Blogging Live States of the States WCRI… Read More

Opt Out 2nd Panel – WCRI Blogging Live – Boston MA

Opt Out 2nd Panel - WCRI Conference These are the Opt Out 2nd Panel of WCRI conference… Read More

WCRI – Blogging Live – Controversial Opt Out Panels

Controversial Opt Out Panels The blogging live controversial Opt Out panels in WCRI Two Presenters -… Read More

WCRI Blogging Live- Crossing State Lines For Medical Care

WCRI Blogging Live - Medical Care This is the WCRI blogging live crossing States lines… Read More

California Medical Review and Dispute – Blogging WCRI Conference

California Medical Review and Dispute Blogging Live WCRI Conference California Medical review and dispute is… Read More

Blogging Live WCRI Comparing Workers Comp Outcomes Across States

WCRI - Blogging Live Comparing Workers Comp outcomes across states WCRI blogging  live. Subject to… Read More

WCRI – Blogging Live – Do Fee Schedules = WC Case Shifting?

WCRI - Blogging Live - Case Shifting and Fee Schedules WCRI WC Case Shifting and do… Read More

Blogging Live WCRI 2016 Yearly Conference – Ground Rules

Blogging Live WCRI Conference 2016 Ground Rules OK, so there are a few ground rules… Read More

What are Policy Endorsements – Are they important?

Policy Endorsements vs. Dec Page Repetitive Workers Comp policy Endorsements are one of the 10… Read More

California Xmods = Heavy Penalty For Repetitive Accidents

California Insurance Commissioner Approves 2017 Changes California Xmods also known as Experience Modification Factors calculations… Read More

Workers Comp Policy Includes Five Important Parts To Remember

A Workers Comp Policy Is Similar To All Insurance Policies A Workers Comp policy has… Read More

Hawaii Monopolistic State Fund – Shocking Possibility

The 50th State May Create Hawaii Monopolistic State Fund The idea of a Hawaii Monopolistic… Read More

James J Moore To Conduct Insurance Academy Webinar Feb 25th

Insurance Webinar - Destroy Your Competition Using Workers Comp Loss Runs James J Moore, AIC,… Read More

Answers To Workers Compensation Questions – Outside US

Answers To Workers Compensation Questions The answers to workers compensation questions below are from this… Read More

Workers Comp Articles – Outside of US

Workers Comp Articles The 1,530+ workers comp articles on Cutcompcosts cover some of the topics… Read More

Work Comp Answers – See Article From Yesterday

The Work Comp Answers The Work Comp answers to yesterday's cutcompcosts.com article are as follows… Read More

Work Comp Questions Top 10 Most Misunderstood Potpourri

Top 10 Work Comp Questions From Our Readers The top 10 work comp questions originate… Read More

Oklahoma Federal Health Insurance Exchange Increase= Case Shifting

Oklahoma Federal Health Insurance Exchange vs Case Shifting The Oklahoma Federal Health Insurance Exchange has… Read More

Oklahoma Captive Program Grows 572% In Two Years

Oklahoma Captive Program Grows The Oklahoma Captive program added 63 captives in the last two… Read More

Workers Comp Self Insured Resolutions for 2016

Workers Comp Self Insured Resolutions The Workers Comp self insured resolutions were originally written in… Read More

Workers Comp Resolutions – Updated For 2016 and Beyond

Workers Comp Resolutions - 2016 Version My recommended workers comp resolutions for 2013 were updated… Read More

247,120 Slips, Trips, And Falls Devastate 2014 Workers Comp Budgets

247,120 Slips, Trips, And Falls - Increased by 8% Slips, trips, and falls as a… Read More

Temporary Partial Disability – Misunderstood Benefit

Temporary Partial Disability The Workers Compensation benefit Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) is likely one of… Read More

FMLA With Workers Comp Return To Work – Expensive Mistake

FMLA With Workers Comp Return To Work The relationship of FMLA  with Workers Comp Return… Read More

WCIRB WCAN WCRI = Confusion on California WC Statistics

Confusion on California WC Statistics WCIRB WCAN WCRI  - Three trusted statistical providers that now… Read More

Retroactive and Waiting Periods May Affect Disability Length

Retroactive and Waiting Periods Retroactive and Waiting Periods for Workers Comp temporary total disability (TTD)… Read More

Are Workers Comp Waiting Periods Really Worth It?

Workers Comp Waiting Periods Most Workers Comp waiting periods are 7 calendar days retroactive to… Read More

Best Workers Comp Markets Are In 14 States

Workers Comp Markets Are In 14 States The best Workers Comp markets in the US… Read More

Workers Comp Innovators At NWCDC – One Astounding Company

Workers Comp Innovators At The NWCDC Almost all of the workers comp innovators at the… Read More

Workers Comps Future – Recruiting/Retaining Next Generation

Workers Comps Future – Recruiting & Retaining the Next Generation of Claims Talent The Workers… Read More

How Nurse Case Managers Add Value to WC Claims

CM3: How Nurse Case Managers Add Value to Workers’ Compensation Claims Workers Comp claims a… Read More

Rising Medical Solutions Comprehensive Think Tank Report

Rising Medical Solutions Invited James Moore To Think Tank A very forward-thinking company - Rising… Read More

Trans-Pacific Partnership Obamatrade Agreement Full Access

Trans-Pacific Partnership Obamatrade Agreement Access The full Trans-Pacific Partnership Obama trade agreement was a rare… Read More

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement = Work Comp Provision

Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Page 4343? The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)  is now the… Read More

Is New Virginia Rule 14 Work Comp Fee Schedule?

The New Virginia Rule 14 - Fee Schedule Soon? The new State of Virginia Rule… Read More

Few Work Comp Premium Written Surprises for 2014

Work Comp Premium Written Surprises for 2014 The total work comp premium written for 2014… Read More

Is Social Security Disability Affected by WC?

Social Security Disability and Workers Comp Study Does Workers Compensation have an effect on Social… Read More

Will China US Treasury Sell Off Affect Insurance and WC Markets?

China US Treasury Sell-Off Possible In 2020 The China US Treasury relationship cannot be ignored… Read More

New Mexico Marijuana – Five Joints Per Day Covered By Work Comp

New Mexico Marijuana Recent New Mexico marijuana laws  have enabled injured workers in the state… Read More

Indiana Workers Comp Fee Schedule Partially Enacted = Rate Increase

Indiana Workers Comp Fee Schedule Partially Enacted The Indiana Workers Comp Fee Schedule was partially… Read More

Social Fresh Conference – Nothing On Workers Comp (Almost)

Social Fresh Conference - Worth Attending The Social Fresh Conference in Tampa is very interesting.… Read More

E-Mods LDFs Are Like Credit Scores From Hell NCPRIMA

E-Mods LDFs Are Like Credit Scores Are E-Mods LDFs like credit scores from hell?  Over… Read More

Five Things You Must Do To Have Very Good Safety Program

Safety Program Five Things You Must Do There are five things you must do to have… Read More

California Claims Adjustment Costs Are Massive – WCAN

California Claims Adjustment Costs Very Expensive The California claims adjustment costs are massive when compared… Read More

Mod Increases To Over 1.0 – Five Bad Things Can Happen

Bad Developments With Mod Increases To Over 1.0 When a company's Mod increases to over… Read More

A.M. Best TV – New Releases Three Times Per Week

AM Best TV - A Great Concept - Check It Out The new AM Best… Read More

Work Comp Apps On iTunes – Only Two?

Work Comp Apps On iTunes - Two Will Not Do The Work Comp Apps on… Read More

How Does NCCI Calculate Our Mod – Reader Question

How Does NCCI Calculate Mods - 33 Steps How does NCCI calculate our Mod ?… Read More

Will NCCI ARD Elimination Change Premium Audits? – Correction

NCCI ARD Elimination Change Premium Audits The NCCI ARD elimination has hit the Work Comp… Read More

My Favorite Android App For Work Comp Is Stretch

My Favorite Android App For Work Comp My favorite Android App for Work Comp is… Read More

Work Comp Doctor Will See You Now – In Your Home?

Work Comp Doctor Will See You Now Where You Live A work comp doctor who… Read More