Workers' Compensation News
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App for Measuring Workplace Noise Piques Comp Interest
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02/09/2017
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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A new sound level meter app unveiled by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health may help workers determine if they’re being exposed to unsafe levels of noise.
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ALJ Did Not Exceed Jurisdiction in Ruling on Coverage Dispute
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02/08/2017
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State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An administrative law judge and the Workers’ Compensation Board had jurisdiction to decide whether an employer had insurance in place to pay benefits to the wife of a deceased employee, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled, vacating a board ruling.
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Amid Changed Work Comp Landscape, Historical Society Presents: The Audiometer
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02/07/2017
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By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
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State: WI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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On a snowy January evening in rural Marathon City, Wisconsin, an archivist from the Marathon County Historical Society walked into one of the smallest branches of the county library system. He was there to give a talk on the audiometer, a device that the nation's first workers' compensati...Read More
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AIA Says Vote to Break Budget Impasse Could Come Today
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02/07/2017
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The American Insurance Association’s point person in Illinois said he expects the state Senate to vote on a package of 13 budget-busting bills — including some proposed changes to the workers' comp system — as early as today or Wednesday.
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Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday
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02/07/2017
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The New Mexico Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease Disablement will discuss 2017 legislative proposals during a meeting Thursday in Santa Fe.
One bill introduced this year would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupationa...Read More
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Applicants' Attorneys' New Strategy: Push for Treatment Within MPNs
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02/06/2017
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Applicants' attorneys have been fighting for years to get treatment for their clients from doctors outside of the employer's medical provider network, but now a group of practitioners is suggesting a new tactic: demanding treatment from within the network.
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Audit Penalties Clear $1 Million for Second Year
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01/31/2017
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation for a second consecutive year handed out more than $1 million in audit penalties to California claim adjusting shops.
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