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Workers' Compensation News

 
Application of Utilization Review Top Question at Formulary Hearing 03/03/2016
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The question of whether requests for drugs included in California's pending formulary should be subject to utilization review emerged as one of the top policy issues for the Division of Workers' Compensation to tackle over the coming months during a legislative ...Read More
 
 
ATI Physical Therapy Expands into Arizona and Texas 03/03/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
ATI Physical Therapy announced on Wednesday its acquisition of Ideal Physical Therapy, a move that expands ATI’s presence in the Southwest. Ideal Physical Therapy is a 33-clinic practice with locations in the Phoenix, Tucson and Dallas areas. ATI now has 560 locations in 19 states....Read More
 
 

Angelotti Continues to Thwart First Responders' Lawsuit Against TPAs 03/02/2016
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Police officers and firefighters are trying a third time to pursue their fraud, unfair competition and emotional distress claims against the cities of Rialto and Stockton, California and the third-party administrators they hired to adjust workers' compensation claims. ...Read More
 
 

Amended Coroner's Report Gave Widow Another Year to File Death Claim 03/02/2016
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
The statute of limitations for filing a death claim did not start running on the date of a firefighter's death, but the date his widow understood that her husband's death was caused by an occupational disease covered by the state's Heart and Lung Act, the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court o...Read More
 
 
Advisory Council Backs 3 Measures, Opposes Apportionment Bill 03/02/2016
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
Tennessee's labor-management advisory board gave thumbs up to three workers' comp measures awaiting votes in the legislature, but recommended against a fourth bill that seeks to apportion fault in third-party suits related to workers' compensation cases. Minutes of the Feb. 22...Read More
 
 

Applied Underwriters Unit Ordered to Pay $700,000 in Fines, Refunds 03/02/2016
By: Risk Media Solutions
State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway-owned Continental Indemnity Co. has been ordered to pay nearly $700,000 in fines and restitution for overcharging businesses on their workers’ compensation premiums, ...Read More
 
 
Amerisafe's Executive Chairman to Retire 02/29/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Amerisafe Inc. has announced that the company’s executive chairman, C. Allen Bradley, will retire effective April 22. The Amerisafe board has appointed Jared Morris as chairman of the board effective upon Bradley’s retirement. Morris has been an Amerisafe director since 2...Read More
 
 
Aircraft Repair Business Cited for Exposing Workers to Toxic Chemicals 02/29/2016
By: Risk Media Solutions
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An aircraft engine repair outfit in Berlin, Connecticut has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals. ...Read More
 
 

Attorney Who Battled Patronage Regrets Leaving Work Comp Program to Aldermen 02/26/2016
State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Employer
The attorney who filed a complaint that led to a federal ban on most political hiring by the city of Chicago told the Sun-Times newspaper that he made a mist...Read More
 
 

Amerisafe Sees 37% Net Income Growth in Q4 02/26/2016
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
Net income at Amerisafe Inc. surged 36.8% in the final quarter of 2015, and the company ended the year with a 31.3% increase in net income. ...Read More
 
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