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Workers' Compensation News
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Administrative Court Still Waiting to Hear About Fate of Chief Judge | 05/29/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 437 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read | |||
| After an uproar last month over the chief judge's unprecedented actions at the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings, her opponents were hoping for a quick resolution, or at least some indication from the governor about her future. Critics have called for Judge Lesli Ginn'...Read More | |||
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Accreditation Group Takes Aim at Texas Rehab Study | 05/24/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 259 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 107 min read | |||
| Eight months after Texas regulators released a study showing no difference in outcomes for accredited versus non-accredited rehabilitation providers, an international accreditation group is taking issue with the report's findings and methodology. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Janitorial Employee Presumption Bill | 05/23/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 735 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 82 min read | |||
| The California Assembly passed a bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that people working for registered janitorial firms are employees and not contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Average Costs Per Claim Higher in Illinois Than Several Other States, Study Shows | 05/23/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 170 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 228 min read | |||
| The average cost per claim in Illinois grew 1% to 3% per year since 2012, the Workers Compensation Research Institute reported Tuesday. The WCR...Read More | |||
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Attorney Gets 2-Year Suspension for Engaging in Unauthorized Practice of Law | 05/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 233 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| A New York attorney got herself suspended from the practice of law earlier this month for engaging in the unauthorized practice of law in neighboring New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Appellant's Failure to Timely Serve Parties Doesn't Divest Judge of Ability to Extend Deadline | 05/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 150 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court this week ruled that a municipal employer’s failure to timely serve all the necessary parties with a copy of its petition for judicial review of an adverse workers’ compensation decision did not mean that it was necessarily out of luck. ...Read More | |||
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Artemis Emslie Joins Ametros' Board of Directors | 05/18/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 239 | 5 | Popular with Employer | 715 min read | |||
| Artemis Emslie has joined the board of directors of Ametros, a provider of post-settlement medical management services. ...Read More | |||
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As More States Pass Opioid Prescribing Limits, Bills Become More Sophisticated | 05/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 336 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read | |||
| Oklahoma is the latest to join a growing number of states that have enacted limits on opioid prescribing for acute pain and, in some cases, address the use of opioids for chronic pain as well. ...Read More | |||
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Another Court Holds in Favor of Air Ambulance Company in Billing Dispute | 05/15/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 777 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| Insurance carriers, state officials and attorneys for airlifted patients are growing increasingly frustrated with a spate of recent court rulings that continue to block state fee schedules and regulations, including those that ban the practice of balance billing. ...Read More | |||
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Agents Asking TDI to Extend Negotiated X-Mod Rule | 05/14/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 300 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is asking the state Department of Insurance to extend the expiration date of a rule that allows allows insurers to use negotiated experience modifi...Read More | |||
