The average amount paid to California workers' compensation treating physicians for medical reports fell more than 30 percent in the first quarter of 2014 as the state began to transition to a Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) fee schedule, though a CWCI analysis traces the decline to changes in how various evaluation and...read more.

Past studies have shown that workers with disabilities in the U.S. are more likely to sustain an occupational injury than workers without disabilities, with one study published in 2012 concluding that "U.S. workers with disabilities have a 2.39 times higher odds of occupational injury than workers without disabilities." However, there has been little research comparing the types and causes of injuries sustained by the two groups. A new study attempts to remedy that deficiency....read more.