Workers' Compensation News
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Providence Spent $108,000 on Private Investigators for Fraud Fighting
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11/26/2014
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Providence, Rhode Island, has spent $108,000 since 2011 to investigate city employees and retirees they suspect of defrauding taxpayers by way of workers’ compensation abuse and other “disciplinary matters,” according to a WPRI.com report.
In one case, the Providence Ret...Read More
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Pharmaceuticals, DME Fastest-Growing Component of Medical Costs
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11/24/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A 19.4% increase in costs for prescription drugs and durable medical equipment in 2012 drove an overall 2.3% increase in average medical benefit payments per indemnity claims, the California Workers' Compensation Institute reports.
Carriers paid an average of $16,375 in medical benefi...Read More
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Paving Contractor Accused of Operating without Insurance
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11/19/2014
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Vancouver man who admitted to operating a road-paving business after his workers' compensation coverage was canceled faces one felony charge of operating without insurance in addition to six misdemeanor charges of illegal contracting, according to the Washington state Department of Labor &a...Read More
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Police Officer Can't Get Disability Retirement after Twisting Ankle in Pothole
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11/18/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer's ankle injury, after she stepped into a pothole she said she had not seen, was not an "accident" for purposes of an award of accidental disability retirement benefits.
Case: Yurko v. DiNaopli, No. 518635, 11/13/2014, pu...Read More
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Paul Collins Named Managing Partner of Willis North America
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11/14/2014
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Source: Willis Group Holdings
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Willis North America has announced the appointment of Paul Collins as its managing partner, effective at the start of 2015.
Collins has served as managing partner of Willis’ New Jersey operations since 2012. In his new role, he will be responsible for Willis’ Atlanta operation...Read More
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Premium Cheater Sentenced to 30 Days, Ordered to Pay $139K Restitution
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11/13/2014
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The owner of a Cleveland-area home health care agency was sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $124,573.07 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation for failing to report 100 employees to the BWC or other state agencies.
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Parties Seek Continuance in State Fund MD-DC RICO Case
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11/12/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Beset by millions of pages of discovery documents, attorneys for the State Compensation Insurance Fund and counsel for providers associated with Accident Help Line clinics are asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to push back deadlines and delay the start of trial by about five m...Read More
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