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Workers' Compensation News

 

Anti-Fraud Legislation Nearing House Floor Vote 05/02/2017
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A bill that would require insurers to crack down on fraud by creating investigative units is nearing a House floor vote. ...Read More
 
 

Anti-Fraud Workshop Scheduled for Medical Providers 05/01/2017
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Employers’ Fraud Task Force and the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery are teaming up to present a workshop intended to help medical providers comply with fraud-fighting provisions in legislation passed last year. ...Read More
 
 

Agency Will Break Down New Attorney Fee and Withdrawal Rules at Free Session 04/27/2017
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Division of Workers’ Compensation will offer free training and a discussion on new attorney withdrawal procedures tied to changes regarding attorney fees. ...Read More
 
 

ARAWC Hires Firm to Lobby Congress, DOL 04/26/2017
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Since it was founded in 2014, the Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers’ Compensation has worked at the state level trying to increase the number of jurisdictions in which employers can opt out of workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More
 
 

Attorney Complicit in Comp Fraud Can't Represent Client's Estate 04/26/2017
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
An Ohio appellate court last week disqualified an attorney from representing the estate of a 37-year old worker in a wrongful death action because the attorney had helped the same worker defraud the state in a workers' comp claim. ...Read More
 
 
Advisory Committee to Discuss Rules for Medical Fees, EDI Implementation 04/26/2017
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Idaho’s Advisory Committee on Workers’ Compensation will discuss rule-making related to medical fees and electronic reporting when it meets May 10 in Boise. Members of the committee will hear updates on the Industrial Commission’s ongoing efforts to implement Electr...Read More
 
 

Appropriations Committee Passes Anti-Fraud Measures 04/26/2017
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation to require insurers to create anti-fraud units and to keep fraud-fighting efforts confidential. ...Read More
 
 

Allowing Worker to Ride in Bed of Truck Didn't Violate Labor Law 04/25/2017
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer and landowner were not liable for a worker’s Labor Law claim based on alleged injuries from a fall while riding in the bed of a pickup. ...Read More
 
 

Apps Unveiled to Improve Health Care Worker Safety 04/21/2017
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
About 1 in 8 U.S. workers are employed in the health care sector, so it’s perhaps not surprising that a growing amount of attention is being paid to keeping health care workers safe. ...Read More
 
 

Adjuster's Misrepresentations Forfeited Carrier's Statute of Limitations Defense 04/19/2017
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Nurse Aleshia Dietz says that after she was injured in an auto accident while running an errand for her employer, a claims adjuster told her not to worry about filing a claim because the employer's carrier would "take care of everything." ...Read More
 
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