Workers' Compensation News
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Pro Per Appellant Failed to Raise Viable Argument to Avoid Settlement Agreement
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10/30/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that an injured worker, acting as her own attorney on the appeal, had failed to establish any basis for releasing her from the terms to which she had agreed for the settlement of her workers' compensation claim.
Case: Anderson v. North Port Servi...Read More
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PCI Elects Erie's Cavanaugh Chairman, Names other Officers
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10/30/2014
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Terrence W. Cavanaugh, president and chief executive officer of Erie Insurance Group, is now chairman of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America after an election of new board of directors members during PCI's annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, this week.
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Plaintiff Attorneys Pushing for Removal of Proposed Check-to-Claimant Rule
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10/29/2014
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State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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West Virginia stakeholders will have another chance next week to weigh in on a controversial proposed rule by the Offices of the Insurance Commissioner that would allow employers and insurers to send benefit checks directly to claimants – instead of their attorneys.
An update on the...Read More
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Payments to Physicians Likely to Increase under RBRVS, WCRI Says
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10/27/2014
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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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Visits to the doctor's office cost more under the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale fee schedule that went into effect in California at the start of the year, but those increases could be offset by reimbursement rule changes for some evaluation and management codes, the Workers Compensation...Read More
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Plotkin Responds to Anti-SLAPP Motion
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10/27/2014
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The former head of Oregon's SAIF Corp. said a lawsuit accusing her of improperly influencing her past employer to fire her successor is a strategic lawsuit against public participation that results in suppressing her right to constitutionally-protected speech and she should be dismissed from ...Read More
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Prosecutors Charge Security Firm with Premium Fraud
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10/23/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Seven people associated with a private security firm were arrested on 44 felony counts, including workers' compensation premium fraud, the Oakland Tribune reported.
The 118-page affidavit alleges the Black Muslim Temple International Security Ser...Read More
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Pain Management Council Convenes for Inaugural Meeting
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10/22/2014
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A task force convened by state regulators to develop voluntary pain management guidelines with the goal of preventing the abuse of prescription drugs convened for its inaugural meeting on Tuesday in Newark.
New Jersey Attorney General John J. Hoffman's office and the state Division of...Read More
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Proposed Rules Would Limit Use of Opioids and Control Drug Costs
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10/21/2014
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State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency has proposed changes to the state fee schedule designed to limit the use of opioid painkillers and cap the price of both compound drugs and "biologics" for injured workers.
The state agency has scheduled a public hearing on Nov. 7 on...Read More
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Pelahatchie Woman Indicted on Comp Fraud Charge
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10/21/2014
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Pelahatchie, Mississippi, resident turned herself in after an indictment for one count of workers’ compensation fraud, state Attorney General Jim Hood announced in a release.
Jacqueline Hill, aka Jacqueline Doty, is accused of making false statements to Union Standard Insurance Co...Read More
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