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Workers compensation medical payments increased among injured workers affected by Medicaid coverage losses, particularly those in construction and manufacturing, according to a study released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Waltham, Massachusetts-based WCRI found that average medical payments at 12 months increased 3.1% for lost-time claims following the 2023-2024 Medicaid disenrollment process. The increase was substantially higher for construction…

Workers compensation claims involving employees aged 65 and older require 21% more medical care on average than claims involving younger workers, largely because of chronic health conditions and injury diagnoses, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The report found that the share of lost-time claims involving workers aged 65 and older doubled from…

An insurer has no duty to indemnify a construction company over a carpenter’s fatal fall because an employee injury exclusion bars coverage, an Illinois appeals court ruled Wednesday. Ramiro Godinez, a carpenter arriving for his first day at a Waukegan hotel construction project on Sept. 19, 2017, fell more than 20 feet while retrieving tools from a plywood box raised…