Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Should Subrogate Against Group Health on Some COVID Claims, Exec Says | 10/22/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation carriers and employers shouldn't allow themselves to be stuck paying for COVID-19 and other treatments that may be better suited for group health, industry executives said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Coventry Webinar to Explore Cannabis in Comp | 10/22/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Coventry WCS is hosting a webinar Wednesday to explore the workers’ compensation impact of state regulations and laws allowing the medical use of cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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Claimants' Attorney Disbarred Five Years After Complaint Was Filed | 10/22/2020 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A longtime South Carolina workers' compensation and injury attorney has been disbarred after he failed to maintain trust accounts, according to the state bar and the state court system. ...Read More | |||
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COVID Presumption Bills in Minnesota, Pennsylvania Still Alive | 10/21/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While the wave of COVID-19 presumption measures seems to have slowed around the country, bills in two states could see some action before the year is out. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law claims, finding his work of delivering equipment to a construction site did not necessarily fall outside the ambit of the Labor Law, and that there were triable issues that still needed to be resolved. ...Read More | |||
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CLARA Names Vice President of Data Science | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| CLARA analytics, which provides artificial intelligence technology in the commercial insurance industry, named Karin Golde as its vice president of data science. ...Read More | |||
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CCWC Holding Educational Webinar on Telemedicine | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation is holding an educational webinar on Oct. 28 covering the use of telemedicine. Ann ...Read More | |||
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Court's COVID Budget Cuts Keep Comp Judge From Another Term | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York state appellate court that handles workers' compensation appeals will soon lose one of its judges — not to the coronavirus, but to massive budget courts triggered by the pandemic's economic slowdown. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractor Charged With Defrauding Federal Comp System | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Long Island chiropractor enrolled in the federal workers' compensation system since 2008 has been charged with fraud after allegedly billing for services that were never provided, federal authorities said. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Fees at Reduced Rate | 10/19/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board to reduce the fees payable to an injured worker's attorney from the $52,000 requested to $1,000. ...Read More | |||
