Workers' Compensation News
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Carriers Push for Restitution in Pacific Hospital Case | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 445 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| What may be the final effort to secure restitution from the perpetrators of what has been called the largest workers’ compensation fraud case in the history of the California Department of Insurance is based in part on the words of the man who masterminded the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach...Read More | |||
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England Ponticello & St. Clair Names Oberjuerge Partner | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 212 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| California workers’ compensation defense firm England Ponticello & St. Clair announced that Alex M. Oberjuerge was named partner. Oberjue...Read More | |||
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Senate Gives Thumbs-Up to Four Comp Bills | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 693 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit the use of genetic characteristics in apportionment decisions, and another measure that would require medical provider networks to pay contracted providers at least as much as Medicare does. ...Read More | |||
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Cancer Bill Amended on House Floor; Senate Has Days to Act | 05/23/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 124 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| Just as stakeholders on both sides of the debate over which cancers should be presumed compensable for Texas firefighters thought they had finally reached a workable solution, a last-minute amendment may cause complications. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Bring CT Claim Without Proving New Injury | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 66 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 35 min read | |||
| A divided Iowa appellate court ruled that a worker did not need to prove she had suffered a distinct and discrete injury in order to pursue a claim for a cumulative trauma to her ankle. ...Read More | |||
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Proposal on Military Hospital Balance Billing Goes to Governor | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 75 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 21 min read | |||
| If Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs a measure passed by the Legislature, insurance carriers will no longer be able to demand that military hospitals abide by the state's workers' compensation fee schedules. ...Read More | |||
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Passage of Time Foreclosed Worker's Request to Reopen Claim | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 73 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not request a reopening of his claim for benefits for injuries at the World Trade Center site because too much time had passed. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Seeking Comments on Reappointment of Judge | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 42 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration is accepting comments through June 3 regarding the reappointment of Judge Leonard J. Padilla. ...Read More | |||
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Panel Upholds Award of Treatment, Overturns Award of Attorney Fees | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 64 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel upheld an order compelling an employer to continue providing medication to an injured worker, but it overturned an award of attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust, Optum Report Drop in Opioid Prescriptions | 05/23/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 146 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. and pharmacy benefit manager Optum announced that a program launched in 2018 has reduced the number of prescriptions including opioids, by 13,000. ...Read More | |||
