Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Passes San Diego Fire and Rescue Presumption, Debit Card Bills | 05/01/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed bills that would allow carriers to continue using debit cards to deliver indemnity benefits and give San Diego fire and rescue workers access to the same presumptions offered to other members of the state’s law enforcement community. ...Read More | |||
| Appeals from Comp Commission Subject to Civil Procedural Rule on Filing Period Extension | 04/14/2023 | ||
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Arkansas Court of Appeals held that appeals from Workers’ Compensation Commission decisions are subject to a procedural rule allowing for an extension of time for filing a notice of appeal in civil cases if post-trial motions are filed. ...Read More | |||
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Amendments Add Duty of Care Term to UR Bill, Sunset Date for Treatment Dispute Measure | 04/12/2023 | |
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| California lawmakers recently amended bills to add a duty of care requirement to a measure addressing utilization review requirements, and a sunset clause in another bill would exclude time spent successfully disputing a medical treatment denial from the aggregate cap on temporary disability...Read More | |||
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Attorney Can't Get Lien for Sum He Would've Received Under Rejected Settlement | 04/04/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s attorney was not entitled to a charging lien representing the sum he would have received under a settlement rejected by his client. ...Read More | |||
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Attachment to Labor Market Not Required for Nurse to Receive Continuing Benefits | 04/04/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of continuing benefits to an injured nurse without a showing of an ongoing attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court: WCAB Erred in Finding No Requirement to Pay for Cannabis | 03/21/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Add Pennsylvania to the list of states where employers can be required to reimburse injured workers for cannabis when the drug is determined to be a reasonable and necessary treatment for their work injury. ...Read More | |||
| Annual Workers' Compensation Nonsubscriber Reporting Period Open | 03/17/2023 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation said the reporting period is open for employers that opted out of providing coverage or have recently ended coverage. Employers that don’t provide workers’ compensation coverage must file ...Read More | |||
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AGs Urge Swift Action on OSHA Heat Safety Standards | 02/16/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys general for six states petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to take swift action to implement national heat standards for indoor and ...Read More | |||
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Ametros VP of Strategy Kane Elected President of National Medicare Secondary Payer Network | 02/16/2023 | |
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| The National Medicare Secondary Payer Network elected John P. Kane, vice president of strategy for Ametros, as its president. ...Read More | |||
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APCIA VP, Comp Advocate Jeremy Merz Dies at 42 | 01/30/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Jeremy Merz, vice president of state government relations for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and a mainstay in California comp policy discussions, died of Lou Gehrig’s disease on Tuesday. He was 42. ...Read More | |||
