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		<title><![CDATA[Workers' comp changes ahead: changes to the legal terrain on both federal and state levels pose a challenge to workers' comp stakeholders, The slowing decrease in claims frequency and all its reasons pose another]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Human resources and workers' comp offices around the country are waiting to see how their obligations will change when the ADA Amendments Act is signed into law. The House unanimously adopted the Senate version of the bill on Sept. 17, and as of the publication date for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lower costs, varied successes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_15_18/ai_n27482826]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The last few years have been good to workers' compensation insurers. For the first time in decades they financially performed on par with what Wall Street expects from corporate America.  Between 2002 and 2005 workers' comp premiums rose sharply; though they have since declined somewhat. By one account, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The utilization side of the story: utilization management is an increasingly important component of controlling pharmaceutical costs. No wonder workers' compensation PBMs are multiplying like rabbits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_14_18/ai_n27447803]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Let's say you and your pharmacy benefit manager are sophisticated and vigilant in your efforts to control spending on pharmaceuticals. Despite the wholesale pricing complications, you feel confident that your injured employees are getting what they need to heal the injury and return to work quickly at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Excellent' comp results; Workers comp insurers post best year in decades.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS    BOCA RATON, Fla.-U.S. workers compensation insurers posted  "excellent'' financial results for 2006, with all major  measures improving significantly, according to an NCCI Holdings Inc.  analysis released last week.      Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS    BOCA RATON,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner levies $400,000 fine against 11 AIG]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced Tuesday that a $400,000 civil penalty has been levied against 11 American International Group workers' compensation insurance companies, the largest such fine in state history.   Agency communications director Marc Young said the AIG companies have already agreed to and paid the fine...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Challenge of Preventing Serious Injuries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5618/is_200604/ai_n23624598]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A proposal for SH&amp;E professionalsAbstract:This article discusses the noteworthy and adverse progression over the past several years with respect to serious injuries and workers' compensation claims costs. The types of activities out of which many serious injuries occur are discussed, as are the results of studies on the characteristics of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Workers' comp for RSI-related injuries more costly overall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ergonomics-related stress injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, are relatively minuscule in number when stacked up against the foodservice industry's otherwise-lengthy tally of injuries from slipping or falling--the leading cause of lost hours and insurance claims for restaurants.  But when the costs for time off from work and medical...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Workers' comp results improving.(ON THE MEND)(WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance profitability is at its best  level in years, with the 2004 calendar year combined ratio dropping four  points to 105, the National Council on Compensation Insurance reported  at its annual conference here.    NCCI said i  WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance profitability is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida reforms keep the heat on WC rates.(workers' compensation)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200503/ai_n20057154]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty's move to reduce  workers' compensation rates by a statewide average of S.1 percent  hardly came as a surprise. After all, with the passage of reforms in  2003, the market is showing many signs of once again   Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Workers' compensation claims continue frequency decline.(National Report)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4405/is_200501/ai_n15320523]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A key market issue facing employers and workers' compensation  insurers is whether the large declines in claim frequency that began in  the 1990s are likely to continue, according to the National Council on  Compensation Insurance.    In late 2003, research by the council showed a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida contractors to benefit from workers' compensation premium cuts.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200411/ai_n22266567]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Morris Fraser, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News    Nov. 5--An additional 5.1 percent decrease in the rate for  workers'  compensation premiums will help contractors lower direct  costs and cover more  workers, according to the vice president...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drug costs send workers' comp bills soaring: insurers hard put to contain expenses with utilization of medications on the rise.(Take Your Medicine)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[INCREASED USE OF COSTLY prescription pharmaceuticals has been  having a greater financial impact on the workers' compensation  system than rising drug prices, but that trend could be ending, a  leading data group reports.    The research by the Boca Rat  INCREASED USE OF COSTLY...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WC results improve, but line still in the red.(Outlook 'Cautionary')]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200405/ai_n20030327]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance line remained in the red  last year despite a three-point improvement in the combined ratio to  108, the premier service organization for the industry announced last  week.    This was the second consecutive year that  THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION insurance line...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Indiana Plans to Drop National Worker's Comp Administrator.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5553/is_200403/ai_n22141322]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Theobald, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune  Business News    Mar. 27--State officials are planning to end Indiana's  relationship with  a troubled national firm that helps provide  worker's compensation coverage for  companies that otherwise  couldn't buy insurance.    The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Workers' compensation claim frequency declines.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4405/is_200401/ai_n15318443]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past several years, the National Council on Compensation  Insurance has reported that on-the-job claim frequency for workers'  compensation injuries has continued to decline--a bright spot for  workers, employers, and their insurers. Interestingly, the latest NCCI  research shows that this decline has been most pronounced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Time to face new realities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_14_14/ai_n27674217]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New, compensable conditions enter the workers' compensation system from time to time, yet one millennia old condition is still not adequately accepted: post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.  Until it is, our workers' comp system serves as a doubtful shield against the ravages of PTSD.  How individuals respond to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Doctors' prescription proliferation hikes workers' compensation cost.(Drug Trends)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_200309/ai_n21973483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A surge in prescription activity by doctors is having a greater  impact on the cost of treating injured workers than the price of drugs,  according to new research from the National Council On Compensation  Insurance.    The findings were made in the report "Prescription Drugs:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2003 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Doctors' prescription proliferation hikes workers' compensation costs.(NCCI Study)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200309/ai_n20057450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A surge in prescription activity by doctors is having a greater  impact on the cost of treating injured workers than the price of drugs,  according to new research from the National Council On Compensation  Insurance.    The findings were made in the re  A...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The latest word on WC residual markets.(WC Residual Markets)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200308/ai_n20057443]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Between 1999 and 2002, the workers' compensation residual  market reinsurance pools in the states serviced by the National Council  on Compensation Insurance Inc. grew from $272 million to $1.2 billion in  written premium.    Approximately 240,000 polic  Between 1999 and 2002, the workers' compensation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New insurance catastrophe provisions effective in 32 states]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_4_14/ai_98880317]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers may see a new fee on their workers' compensation insurance policies. A separate charge is now being added to cover terrorism. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, signed into law in December, requires insurers to notify policyholders the amount they're charged for possible losses due to terrorist attacks. Since workers'...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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