Understanding and addressing Workers' Compensation fraud

In 2024, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) reported more than $72 million in annual savings resulting from the efforts of its Special Investigations Department (SID) to identify and prevent fraud.

As part of our continued commitment to providing the most effective tools to help you manage your workers’ compensation costs, it is important to highlight fraud as a cost driver that is not always as visible as other containment strategies.

Client Update | Cost Containment

As reported through fourth quarter 2025:

Disability relief (formerly known as handicap reimbursement) estimated premium refunds, savings and increase in group retro refunds of $16,131,799

Settlements estimated premium savings and increase in group retro refunds: $19,821,319

Motor Vehicle Accidents (MVA) estimated claim costs charged to surplus fund: $16,527,333
(may not equate to dollar-to-dollar savings - based on total costs at time of MVA surplus approval)

Also in this issue

Workers'
Compensation

Unemployment compensation

Unemployment hearing process

Employer
spotlight

City of Lancaster

Safety

OSHA and PERRP

Managed care

Injury data trends

Training

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