Workers' compensation in Montana
Subtitle: administrative inventory
By: Duncan S. Ballantyne.
Publisher: Workers Compensation Research Institute
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Workers' compensation -- Law and legislation -- Montana
Notes: "WC-07-12."

"March 2007."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Purpose of the study; title: Scope of the study; title: Research approach; title: Organization of the report; title: Recent changes in the system; title: Legislative changes; title: Recent court decisions; title: Administrative changes; title: Administration; title: Organization, functions, and staffing of the agencies administering the workers' compensation system; title: Employment relations division; title: The workers' compensation court; title: Agency data-gathering and analysis capabilities; title: Benefits; title: Medical benefits; title: Medical cost containment policies; title: Medical disputes; title: Indemnity benefits; title: Compensation rate; title: Average weekly wage; title: Duration and coordination of benefits; title: Definition of compensability; title: Temporary total disability benefits; title: Temporary partial disability benefits; title: Permanent partial disability benefits; title: Disfigurement benefits; title: Permanent total disability benefits; title: Death benefits; title: Vocational rehabilitation benefits; title: Occupational disease; title: Subsequent injury fund; title: Initiating and paying or denying a claim; title: Terminating TTD benefits; title: Reopenings; title: Bad faith in claims handling; title: Dispute resolution; title: Dispute prevention; title: Frequently disputed issues; title: Informal dispute resolution; title: Occupational disease evaluations; title: Mediation; title: Formal dispute resolution; title: Contested case hearings; title: Workers' compensation court; title: Alternative dispute resolution; title: Appeals to the Supreme Court; title: Attorney involvement and fees; title: System performance measures; title: Benefit payments and benefit growth; title: Vocational rehabilitation use and payments; title: Special fund revenues and expenditures; title: The costs of the system; title: Public administration costs; title: Benefit costs; title: Benefit delivery expenses; title: Injuries and utilization; title: Return to work; title: Litigiousness; title: Agency workload; title: Settlement agreements; title: Promptness of reporting and payment; title: Speed of resolution; title: Implications for policymakers; title: The current context; title: Implications for Montana public policymakers; title: Is Montana a higher- or lower-cost state?; title: Why does Montana have higher incurred total and indemnity claim frequencies than neighboring study states?; title: Does Montana have a broader workers' compensation benefit structure for workers?; title: Do workers have different demographic characteristics and face different economic and social factors than their counterparts in comparison states?; title: Other findings on costs; title: Incurred benefit costs and growth; title: Frequency of benefits; title: The size and type of benefits; title: Attention points; title: Statistical appendix; title: References.