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- 2007006661 contributor B10756744.
- 2007006661 created "c2007.".
- 2007006661 date "2007".
- 2007006661 date "c2007.".
- 2007006661 dateCopyrighted "c2007.".
- 2007006661 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132)".
- 2007006661 description "Introduction -- Purpose of the study -- Scope of the study -- Research approach -- Organization of the report -- Recent changes in the system -- Legislative changes -- Recent court decisions -- Administrative changes -- Administration -- Organization, functions, and staffing of the agencies administering the workers' compensation system -- Employment relations division -- The workers' compensation court -- Agency data-gathering and analysis capabilities -- Benefits -- Medical benefits -- Medical cost containment policies -- Medical disputes -- Indemnity benefits -- Compensation rate -- Average weekly wage -- Duration and coordination of benefits -- Definition of compensability -- Temporary total disability benefits -- Temporary partial disability benefits -- Permanent partial disability benefits -- Disfigurement benefits -- Permanent total disability benefits -- Death benefits -- Vocational rehabilitation benefits -- Occupational disease -- Subsequent injury fund -- Initiating and paying or denying a claim -- Terminating TTD benefits -- Reopenings -- Bad faith in claims handling -- Dispute resolution -- Dispute prevention -- Frequently disputed issues -- Informal dispute resolution -- Occupational disease evaluations -- Mediation -- Formal dispute resolution -- Contested case hearings -- Workers' compensation court -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Appeals to the Supreme Court -- Attorney involvement and fees -- System performance measures -- Benefit payments and benefit growth -- Vocational rehabilitation use and payments -- Special fund revenues and expenditures -- The costs of the system -- Public administration costs -- Benefit costs -- Benefit delivery expenses -- Injuries and utilization -- Return to work -- Litigiousness -- Agency workload -- Settlement agreements -- Promptness of reporting and payment -- Speed of resolution -- Implications for policymakers -- The current context -- Implications for Montana public policymakers -- Is Montana a higher- or lower-cost state? -- Why does Montana have higher incurred total and indemnity claim frequencies than neighboring study states? -- Does Montana have a broader workers' compensation benefit structure for workers? -- Do workers have different demographic characteristics and face different economic and social factors than their counterparts in comparison states? -- Other findings on costs -- Incurred benefit costs and growth -- Frequency of benefits -- The size and type of benefits -- Attention points -- Statistical appendix -- References.".
- 2007006661 extent "xxvi, 132 p. :".
- 2007006661 identifier "1931906947 (pbk.)".
- 2007006661 identifier "1931906955 (online)".
- 2007006661 identifier 2007006661.html.
- 2007006661 issued "2007".
- 2007006661 issued "c2007.".
- 2007006661 language "eng".
- 2007006661 publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Workers Compensation Research Institute,".
- 2007006661 spatial "Montana.".
- 2007006661 subject "344.78602/1 22".
- 2007006661 subject "KFM9342 .A25 2007".
- 2007006661 subject "Workers' compensation Law and legislation Montana.".
- 2007006661 tableOfContents "Introduction -- Purpose of the study -- Scope of the study -- Research approach -- Organization of the report -- Recent changes in the system -- Legislative changes -- Recent court decisions -- Administrative changes -- Administration -- Organization, functions, and staffing of the agencies administering the workers' compensation system -- Employment relations division -- The workers' compensation court -- Agency data-gathering and analysis capabilities -- Benefits -- Medical benefits -- Medical cost containment policies -- Medical disputes -- Indemnity benefits -- Compensation rate -- Average weekly wage -- Duration and coordination of benefits -- Definition of compensability -- Temporary total disability benefits -- Temporary partial disability benefits -- Permanent partial disability benefits -- Disfigurement benefits -- Permanent total disability benefits -- Death benefits -- Vocational rehabilitation benefits -- Occupational disease -- Subsequent injury fund -- Initiating and paying or denying a claim -- Terminating TTD benefits -- Reopenings -- Bad faith in claims handling -- Dispute resolution -- Dispute prevention -- Frequently disputed issues -- Informal dispute resolution -- Occupational disease evaluations -- Mediation -- Formal dispute resolution -- Contested case hearings -- Workers' compensation court -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Appeals to the Supreme Court -- Attorney involvement and fees -- System performance measures -- Benefit payments and benefit growth -- Vocational rehabilitation use and payments -- Special fund revenues and expenditures -- The costs of the system -- Public administration costs -- Benefit costs -- Benefit delivery expenses -- Injuries and utilization -- Return to work -- Litigiousness -- Agency workload -- Settlement agreements -- Promptness of reporting and payment -- Speed of resolution -- Implications for policymakers -- The current context -- Implications for Montana public policymakers -- Is Montana a higher- or lower-cost state? -- Why does Montana have higher incurred total and indemnity claim frequencies than neighboring study states? -- Does Montana have a broader workers' compensation benefit structure for workers? -- Do workers have different demographic characteristics and face different economic and social factors than their counterparts in comparison states? -- Other findings on costs -- Incurred benefit costs and growth -- Frequency of benefits -- The size and type of benefits -- Attention points -- Statistical appendix -- References.".
- 2007006661 title "Workers' compensation in Montana : administrative inventory / Duncan S. Ballantyne.".
- 2007006661 type "text".