Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Committee Fails to Pass SB 335 | 07/14/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Assembly committee on Tuesday failed to pass a contentious bill that originally would have shortened the amount of time employers have to accept liability for an injury before a claim is considered compensable. ...Read More | |||
| AG Announces $4.3B Deal With Purdue for Opioid Crisis | 07/12/2021 | ||
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| Purdue Pharma will release millions of documents relating to its role in the opioid crisis and pay more than $4.3 billion for national prevention, treatment and recovery programs under a deal Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said resolves her lawsuit against the company. ...Read More | |||
| AMA Updates Impairment Guidelines With Mental Disorders | 07/12/2021 | ||
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| The American Medical Association on Friday announced it has approved updates to its permanent impairment evaluation guidelines to include content related to mental disorders. ...Read More | |||
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Accuro Names Chief Information and Technology Officers | 07/08/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Accuro Solutions announced that Steve Junker joined the company as chief information officer, and Patrick Isaac joined as chief technology officer. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Bill Prohibiting Apportionment Discrimination | 07/06/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would limit consideration of certain characteristics in apportionment decisions. ...Read More | |||
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Apportionment of Impairment Rating Must Come Before Cap on Benefits | 07/06/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that when a worker suffers multiple, compensable work-related injuries that cumulatively produce an impairment rating greater than 25% to the same body part, his apportioned impairment rating must be calculated before the statutory cap on benefits is appli...Read More | |||
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Agencies Jointly Publish Comp Billing Guideline | 06/28/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued a joint informational bulletin intended to serve as medical billing guidance when a Current Procedural Terminology code or a Health Care Common Procedure Coding System code is not lis...Read More | |||
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Availability of Fall Protection Equipment Warrants Denial of VSSR Award | 06/18/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an ironworker was not entitled to an additional award of benefits after falling more than 40 feet because his employer had not violated a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney's Undisclosed Conversations With Doctors Lead to Denial of Widow's Claim | 06/11/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a widow’s claim for benefits because her witnesses' testimony was tainted by undisclosed communications with her attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Indicted for Alleged Referral Scheme | 06/01/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An attorney in Southern California launched an advertising campaign using the name of a nationally recognized law firm to solicit workers’ compensation patients who were then used as part of an illegal referral scheme, according to the Orange County grand jury. ...Read More | |||
