Workers' Compensation News
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Deputy Commissioner Errs in Dismissing Worker's Claim | 11/07/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner erred in dismissing a worker’s claim for lack of causation and for lack of timely notice. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Adjusts Ambulance Section of Fee Schedule to Remove Expired Add-Ons | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted a notice adjusting the ambulance section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to remove bonus payments that expired Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Pensioner Must Pay $48,000 in Restitution | 10/31/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a worker receiving a lifetime pension for a permanent workplace injury was ordered to pay $48,000 in restitution after investigators discovered she was working at a medical transportation company while collecting benefits....Read More | |||
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DWC Opens Registration for Annual Conferences | 10/28/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation opened registration for educational conferences being held in Los Angeles and Oakland in March. ...Read More | |||
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Denial of Benefits for Firefighter's PTSD Overturned | 10/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a denial of benefits to a firefighter who was disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder arising from his inability to save the lives of two infants within a short period of time. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Worker Pays $21,535 in Restitution | 10/27/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced that a home health aide who was working while collecting benefits paid $21,535 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Completes Claim System Update | 10/23/2025 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Division of Workers' Compensation finished upgrading the online system that carriers, employers and claims adjusters use to submit required work-related injury data. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Changes to Voucher, Vocational Counselor Rules | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation proposed changes to its Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit rules that it said will make the voucher program more efficient, improve management of the list of approved vocational counselors and safeguard against fraud. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts 2026 Audit Standards | 10/22/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced the standards it will use for profile audit review of adjusting locations throughout the state next year. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Revisions to Complaint Form | 10/21/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting public comments on proposed revisions to the form used to file complaints about administrative violations. ...Read More | |||
