Workers' Compensation News
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Maximum Weekly Benefit Increasing 7.5%
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11/24/2021
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The maximum weekly benefit is increasing 7.5% for work-related injuries and illnesses occurring on or after Jan. 1, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced.
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MSF Announces $40M Dividend
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11/16/2021
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Montana State Fund announced that it plans to complete distributing a $40 million dividend by the end of November.
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Malingering Verizon Worker to Pay Nearly $20,000 in Restitution
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11/11/2021
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Verizon worker caught on camera going to a gym and lifting weights while claiming she was too injured to work agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and pay $19,890 in restitution, the New York Inspector General’s Office announced.
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Medical Payments Stable in Tar Heel State, Below Median in WCRI Study
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11/03/2021
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim with more than seven days of lost time were fairly stable in North Carolina from 2014 to 2019, with the average payment lower than the median of 18 states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.
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Man Who Held Five Jobs While Getting Benefits Pleads Guilty to Theft
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11/01/2021
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A man who held five jobs while collecting benefits for an injury he said prevented him from working was ordered to pay more than $41,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to theft, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced.
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MEMIC Announces $17M Dividend
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10/25/2021
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State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 1 | Popular with Legal
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The board of directors for Maine’s MEMIC authorized a $17 million dividend for about 14,000 policyholders.
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Medical Supply, Billing Company Executive Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
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10/07/2021
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former executive with a medical supply and billing company in Arkansas pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge connection with scheme to defraud the federal government and private insurers by over-charging for unnecessary medications provided to workers’ compensation patient...Read More
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