Workers' Compensation News
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State Auditor Adopts Proposed Revisions to Classification Manual
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11/16/2018
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Montana State Auditor announced that it has adopted revisions to classification codes for retirement living centers, limousine and taxi companies, digital photography, manufacturing and repairing drones, and auto body shops.
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Senate Overrides Rauner's Veto of Doctor-Payment Bill
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11/15/2018
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Illinois Senate voted Wednesday evening to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill that would heal a sore for workers' compensation physicians who have complained for years that insurers won't pay their bills and can't be charged interest.
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States Making Progress on Physician Dispensing Issues
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11/14/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Physicians in Colorado will soon face stricter limits on their dispensing of opioids to injured workers, in the latest example of states taking aim at a major cost driver in workers’ comp pharmacy.
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Services Held for Two Longtime WC Lawyers
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11/14/2018
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Two longtime Chicago-area workers' compensation attorneys died this month, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission noted their passing.
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State IDs Residual Market to Finalize WCF Privatization
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11/12/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The residual market in Utah will consist of employers that have been turned down by at least two other carriers when the Department of Insurance starts seeking bids for a carrier of last resort, the last step in the privatization of the Workers’ Compensation Fund.
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SAIF Board to Discuss Strategic Plan
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11/12/2018
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The SAIF board of directors will discuss the carrier’s 2019 strategic plan during a meeting on Wednesday.
Also on the agenda:
Chief Financial Officer Gina Manley will present a preliminary budget overview.
Chief Actuarial Officer Laura Robison will make a re...Read More
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SCIF Earned Premiums Down Slightly Through September
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11/09/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The $1.024 billion in net premiums earned by California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund through the end of September was 0.4% lower than last year, according to a summary of financial results that will be presented to the carrier’s board of directors next week.
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