The Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation has suspended all independent rating evaluations in reaction to last week's Supreme Court decision striking down the impairment rating evaluation process as unconstitutional.
Glenn Neiman
The bureau sent a notice to stakeholders .
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The Frances Stevens case, which resulted in a ruling that restricted the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's ability to overturn independent medical review decisions, has re-emerged as a challenge to the WCAB's ability to overrule medical treatment guidelines.
Two years ago.
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The administrators of the EquityComp program ended their battle with the California Department of Insurance, but employers who say they were scammed are now bringing allegations of racketeering in class-action complaints.
Two related complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Californi.
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Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives are using the 10-day special session, called by the governor to get a budget passed, to take another run at overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system with a Medicare-based fee schedule and drug formulary.
Rep. Jim Dur.
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A Louisiana appellate court has revived a former comp judge’s claim that the Louisiana Workforce Commission short-changed him on his wages when he left his job in December 2015.
Carey Holliday
Carey Holliday asserted he was owed $5,868.34 for the “premium pay” paid to district .
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Single-party rule clearly is no guarantee that government will find solutions to the problems at hand.
Sams
In both Oklahoma and Florida, state lawmakers failed to amend any of the laws that their high courts ruled were unconstitutional. In each state, Republicans hold solid majorities in .
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the director of the state Department of Central Management Services could not disqualify the state attorney general from defending the state against a comp claim filed by a worker claiming to be a state employee.
Attorney General Lisa Madigan
Case: Hoffman.
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Sulivan On Comp
A Central California employer is suing insurance brokers, two brokerage firms and a professional employer organization of selling her bogus workers’ compensation coverage.
Karey Fidalgo, doing business as Central Cal Ag in Fresno, said she paid more than $200,000 for workers’ compensati.
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The owner of a Southern California paving company and property management firm was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to insurance fraud for underreporting millions of dollars in payroll, according to a report by the Orange County Register.
Darrin S. Wilson, 52, on Thursday ple.
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The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics and one “technical violation” in 42 complaints it resolved last year.
In one case, a medical lien representative alleged a defense attorney sent an ex parte letter to a judge that was.
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A former Massachusetts prison guard was indicted Thursday after the Attorney General's Office accused him of collecting $15,895 in workers' compensation benefits while running a construction and snow-removal business, though he claimed he was not working.
A Worcester grand jury indicted Tho.
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The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has announced charges against four Central Pennsylvania residents who allegedly wrote and filled opioid prescriptions using a fraudulently obtained prescription pad.
After prosecutors presented the case to a state grand jury, Arielle Rue, Girley Living.
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Dana Point, CA, June 7, 2017 - Risk Management Education Associates have announced the keynote speaker for the 2017 CWC & Risk Conference. The annual conference and expo will be held Sept. 5 through Sept. 8, at the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif. “This is the premier con. Read More
The Workers’ Compensation Commission is proposing emergency rule amendments to clarify the scope of its regulatory mission when issuing certificates of noncoverage to sole proprietors and partners of a partnership who elect to not be covered by the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Ac.
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The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries published a preproposal statement of inquiry initiating the start of rule-making activity to set 2018 workers’ compensation premium rates. The department said it is required by law to set rates that are the lowest necessary to maintain a. Read More
The Workers’ Compensation Commission has issued an administrative order that requires employer representatives to pay compensation by check or, by agreement, an electronic funds transfer, including debit card and direct deposit.
The order followed the May 11 enrollment of HB 3441, or Act No. .
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2017 Contact: Michael Landa Executive Vice President, Account Management / Business Development Athens Administrators (949) 296-3951 mlanda@athensadmin.com Athens Administrators Names New Executive V. Read More