Dan Leporati, Author at The PEO Compass

Physician Dispensing for Work Comp Grows in Pennsylvania: WCRI

Dan Leporati
October 13, 2014

Physician repackaging of prescription drugs is becoming a serious increased expense in the workers’ compensation system. “According to the study, physician-dispensed prescriptions accounted for 29 percent of all prescriptions and…

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OSHA Announces New Accident Reporting Requirements To Go In Effect on January 1, 2015

Dan Leporati
September 22, 2014

Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours.…

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Breaking News: Florida Court Declares Workers’ Comp as Exclusive Remedy Unconstitutional

Dan Leporati
August 14, 2014

Florida’s 11th Circuit Court has issued an opinion declaring workers’ compensation as an exclusive remedy unconstitutional. In a case brought before the court claiming that the current workers’ compensation law…

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Special Report on Florida Workers’ Compensation Retrospective Rating Legislation

Dan Leporati
August 11, 2014

This is an update on the recently passed HB 785 in Florida. This law provides negotiation of retropective rating for employers with their carrier for multi-state policies in excess of…

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WCIRB Reports on State of California’s Workers’ Compensation System

Dan Leporati
August 8, 2014

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has released its new “WCIRB Report on the State of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance System.” The report, which the WCIRB…

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House Passes Wasserman Schultz Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Clarification Act: Protecting Jobs and Keeping Workers Covered

Dan Leporati
July 30, 2014

Many of the workers’ compensation carriers that serve the PEO Industry exclude insurance coverage for coastline Federal Act Exposures such as the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Act and the Jones…

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NCCI: Workers’ Compensation Claim Frequency—2014 Update

Dan Leporati
July 28, 2014

The downward trend in workers’ compensation lost-time claim frequency continues, albeit modestly. A new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) says that preliminary estimates show a two…

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Commercial P&C Insurance Industry Stable in 2014

Dan Leporati
February 5, 2014

The Workers’ Compensation pricing cycle may be near its peak after three consecutive years of strong rate increases. Rate increases have helped insurers return to profitability as reflected by the…

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