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Federal legislation is needed to standardize the payment of workers' compensation awards, as well as lower medical costs and remove litigation from the system once and for all, according to Terry Fleming, vice president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society.
Mr. Fleming–who is risk manager for Montgomery County, Md., which sees a whopping 70 percent of its workers' comp claims litigated annually–suggested that "a national workers' compensation law administered by the states" could "eliminate a lot of litigation and save money for all sides."
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