Workers, particularly those in physically demanding jobs or occupations with high injury rates, have been more likely to receive opioid prescriptions than the general population and, as a result, have ...

BOSTON, April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kevin M. Snyder has been appointed to a five-year term as a business representative on the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Advisory Council (WCAC). Mr.

The authors provide evidence of important spillover effects of comprehensive health care reform on workers’ compensation (WC) that are likely to reduce WC costs. Using data on more than 20 million ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

In addition to deciding their pick for president of the United States, Massachusetts voters in November will weigh in on five ballot initiatives. This is the second in a series of stories explaining ...