Workers' Compensation News
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Healthcare Solutions Buying ScripNet
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09/06/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Healthcare Solutions announced on Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ScripNet, a pharmacy benefit management company serving the workers’ compensation market.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Healthcare Solutions said the acqu...Read More
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Huff Appointed Chairman of NAIC Solvency Task Force
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09/06/2012
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State: MO | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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John M. Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, has been appointed chairman of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) task force focusing on insurance solvency regulation, the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration rep...Read More
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High Court's Fee Award Ruling Is Disincentive to Claimant Attorneys
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09/04/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that a self-insured governmental entity deemed an "insurance carrier" under the state Workers' Compensation Act did not have to pay for the work of its injured worker's attorney in pursuing a fee award.Claimant attorn...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Self-Insured's Liability for Worker's Car Accident
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08/31/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The limit of a self-insured municipality's underinsured motorist coverage for employees operating city-owned vehicles was the statutory minimum that it was required to provide, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled. Case: Garcia v. City of Bridgeport, No. 184...Read More
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Hearing Today on Rule to Discount Retroactive Medical Bills
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08/31/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing today on a proposed rule that would provide that reimbursement requests submitted by physicians of record for non-emergency services after treatment is rendered will be reimbursed at 75% of the fee schedule amount.Th...Read More
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Hospital Worker's Depression after Back Injury Was Compensable
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08/27/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A hospital worker who was rendered permanently and totally disabled by a back injury was also entitled to benefits for his severe depression. Case: Vowell v. St. Thomas Hospital, No. M2010-02605-WC-R3-WC, 08/23/2012, published. Facts: Ste...Read More
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High Court: State Had Jurisdiction over Claims by 2 Ex-NFL Players
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08/24/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Maryland's highest court issued two decisions this week ruling that two former Washington Redskins players can pursue their claims for workers' compensation benefits in Maryland, even though they signed contracts saying they could do so only in Virginia and spent more of their time...Read More
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High Court Rules Time Stamp Dictates Winner in Race to Courthouse
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08/22/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A claimant's attorney did not win a race to the courthouse against the employer's counsel because a time stamp indicated his complaint was filed two minutes before a benefit review conference concluded with an impasse, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The high court conc...Read More
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High Court Says Exclusivity Bars Derivative Claims Under LC 4558
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08/21/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The California Supreme Court on Monday overturned a published appellate court decision allowing the wife of an injured worker to proceed with a loss-of-consortium claim against her husband's employer based on Labor Code Section 4558's exception to workers' compensation exclusivity. ...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Compensation Standard for Pre-Existing Injury
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08/20/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: ND | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A divided North Dakota Supreme Court has revived a worker's claim for benefits based on the alleged aggravation of his pre-existing but previously asymptomatic back condition. Case: Mickelson v. North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance, No. 20110232, 08/...Read More
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