Workers' Compensation News
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BLS Numbers Show No Overall Improvement in Workplace Injuries
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11/25/2020
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 207 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
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The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses that required days off work increased in several major job categories in 2019, causing renewed concern among some worker and safety advocates.
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Court Upholds Use of Standard Calculation of Benefits for Worker with Irregular Schedule
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11/25/2020
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 167 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read
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A New York appellate court upheld the calculation of a worker’s benefits using the standard formula for a worker who worked five-days a week during substantially the whole of the year immediately preceding his injury, even though the worker had worked approximately half the time on a four-d...Read More
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BWC Audit Committee, Board Holding Special Meetings
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11/25/2020
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 138 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 106 min read
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors will convene a special meeting Wednesday, followed immediately by a special meeting of the full board.
The Audit Committee will meet at 2:15 p.m. for a budget update, according to t...Read More
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Optum Assessing Impact of First Take-Home COVID Test
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11/25/2020
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 573 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 328 min read
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Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault said it is evaluating the impact of a prescription at-home COVID-19 test kit on its standard formularies and viral infection supplemental formulary.
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Attorney Suspended After Gun Incident
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11/25/2020
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State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 218 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read
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A South Carolina personal injury and workers' compensation attorney has been suspended from practice after he was arrested in a gun-related incident.
Jason Taylor, of Charleston, was charged in October with pointing a gun at a police cadet in the driveway of Taylor's downtown Char...Read More
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Couple in Premium Fraud Scheme Ordered to Pay Carrier $309,000
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11/25/2020
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 206 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 172 min read
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A husband and wife convicted of theft for misclassifying workers at their Minnesota drywall company to reduce their workers’ compensation liability were ordered to pay $309,000 in restitution to Federated Insurance.
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Report: Doctor Acquitted on 7 of 8 Fraud Charges
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11/25/2020
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 243 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read
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A Mississippi doctor was acquitted on seven of eight charges in what federal prosecutors alleged was an $18 million fraud scheme involving expensive pain creams, according to a ...Read More
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