Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Board's Rejection of Settlement as Not Serving Best Interests of Worker | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a decision of the Industrial Accident Board to reject a proposed settlement of a worker’s claim that accounted for a shoulder injury but not her alleged neck injury. ...Read More | |||
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No Accidental Disability Retirement Pension for Dental Worker With Needle-Stick Injury | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Superior Court of Rhode Island upheld a denial of an accidental disability retirement pension to a dental assistant for her needle-stick injury. ...Read More | |||
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Stevedoring Company Gets Summary Dismissal of Injured Longshoreman's Jones Act Claims | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a stevedoring company on a longshoreman’s claim of Jones Act negligence. ...Read More | |||
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AM Best: Comp Line Driving Profits for Property/Casualty Sector | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rating agency AM Best in a new report characterized the workers’ compensation line as a profit engine for the property and casualty sector in 2022. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Finalizes Spinal Cord Stimulator Audit Plan | 07/19/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols, News Contributor | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Jeff Nelson approved a spinal cord stimulator plan-based audit. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Seeks Comments on Fee Schedule | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission is seeking comments on potential revisions to its medical fee schedule as it begins the process of reviewing and drafting proposed updates. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Corp. Names Chief Actuarial Officer | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Olivia Keefer Oregon’s SAIF Corp. anno...Read More | |||
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Governor Extends Authorization to Pay Benefits by Debit Card | 07/18/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill allowing carriers to continue using debit cards to pay indemnity benefits for another year. Newsom on T...Read More | |||
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Optum: Impact of PTSD on Workers' Compensation Grows | 07/18/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor The impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on workers’ compensation is growing across the nation, according to the medical director and the public policy director for Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Foot Injury | 07/18/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his foot injury. Case: Powell v. City of New York, No...Read More | |||
