Workers’ Compensation is an insurance program that provides financial support to employees injured on the job. The Federal government has regulations in place for the entire country such as mandatory coverage, but each state mandates…
In an effort to reduce workers’ compensation costs for state employees, North Carolina legislators examined the possibility of creating a drug formulary for the program. A drug formulary limits covered medicinal cost claims to a…
If there is any occupation that inevitably takes its toll on the mind, it would have to be first responders. Firefighters, police officers, EMTs and more all face traumatizing situations on a regular basis. Those…
In February, the North Carolina Industrial Commission approved a revised medical fees schedule that will save North Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation system about $27 million annually. The new fee schedule is currently going into effect and…
Just after 11 a.m., June 17th, a water heater tank collapsed severing an ammonia line at the Smithfield Packing Plant in Tar Heel, NC, causing the evacuation of the entire plant. The Smithfield Packing plant…