Better Workers’ Comp, Better Business

August 7, 2023

Issues with workers’ comp plague Oklahoma

  • Oklahoma is in the bottom 10 in CNBC’s annual ranking of the best states to do business.
  • In 2013, the Legislature and governor enacted the harshest workers’ compensation law in the nation, decimating benefits for injured workers’ benefits.
  • Supporters of the change claimed the business was not coming to Oklahoma because of high workers’ compensation rates.
  • If Oklahoma wants to become a top 10 state for business, we must improve the benefits we provide for injured workers, according to attorney Joseph C. “Joe” Biscone II.
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Amazon looks to improve with workers’ comp claims

  • Amazon selected CLARA Analytics as its technology partner for a new program aimed at improving health and claim outcomes for their corporate workers’ comp claims.
  • CLARA’s AI platform uses advanced machine learning to deliver insights that help claims adjusters to guide casualty insurance claims toward optimal outcomes.
  • Amazon will implement CLARA’s platform including the triage, litigation and treatment modules.
  • AI detects claims at risk of escalation and identifies the best path toward resolving claims involving injuries.
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New role as workers’ comp commissioner

  • Gina Cerilli will serve as a Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board commissioner.
  • She spent more than seven years as a member of Westmoreland County’s Board of Commissioners.
  • Thrasher finished her tenure as county commissioner by attending a monthly prison board meeting.
  • She completed law school just before she took office in 2015 and started working part-time for a Pittsburgh law firm in 2018.
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Flambeau reaches milestone

  • Flambeau Inc. in Columbus, Ohio, recently celebrated one year of operation with zero accidents or recordable injuries.
  • OSHA reports that the manufacturing industry experiences about three accidents per 100 workers in a year in the United States.
  • Flambeau associates accredit this achievement to their safe work practices, continual training, and personal safety requirements.
  • The Flambeau Columbus plant produces products for merchants in retail, e-commerce distributors, the automotive industry, and commercial and industrial original equipment manufacturers.
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