Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Panel: State Faces 'Long Haul' Recovery, Even if COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives
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09/25/2020
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 486 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 34 min read
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After officials from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau spent the first day of their annual conference describing the harsh reality California has faced because of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts from economic, medical and legal fields spent the second day exploring how the st...Read More
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DWC Adopts Guidelines for Drugs Used to Treat Nausea, Vomiting
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09/25/2020
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 178 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule that adopts guidelines for the use of antiemetics.
The order incorporates the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s most recent treatmen...Read More
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COVID is 'Here to Stay,' Say Doctors At WCRI Event
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09/25/2020
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 243 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read
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Two Ohio physicians who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic gave a glimpse Thursday into how treatment of the disease has evolved and offered advice on how employers should be handling it.
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Supreme Court Denies Additional TTD, Treatment, for Coal Miner
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09/25/2020
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 60 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 31 min read
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits and treatment to a coal miner for his alleged neck injuries.
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Supreme Court Clarifies Everyday Activities Can Constitute Employment Risks
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09/25/2020
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 89 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read
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The Illinois Supreme Court reinstated an award of benefits to a sous chef who hurt his knee while kneeling to look for a misplaced pan of carrots, ruling that the injury from the worker's commonplace activity had arisen from an employment-related risk.
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Court Finds L&I Responded Properly to Public Records Requests
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09/25/2020
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 135 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 29 min read
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The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the inability of the state Department of Labor & Industries to find erroneously requested documents was not a violation of the Public Records Act.
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Advisory Council Meets Oct. 27 to Review NCCI Medical Report
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09/25/2020
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State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 54 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read
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The South Dakota Workers' Compensation Advisory Council will meet Oct. 27 at 10 a.m., via the Microsoft Teams conference call platform, the Department of Labor and Regulation said in a bulletin....Read More
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