Workers' Compensation News
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Attorney Accused of Orchestrating Self-Dealing Scheme With Interpreting Firm | 12/07/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An applicants’ attorney who allegedly referred his clients to receive services from an interpreting company he controlled was charged with 20 felony counts in what the California Department of Insurance said is a $311,000 fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney for Workers Who Survived San Bernardino Attack Laments Lack of Comp Changes | 12/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An attorney representing nine people who survived a 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino said the state’s workers’ compensation system needs to change its utilization review process because it caused treatment delays for her clients, a local newspaper reported. ...Read More | |||
| Applicant's Psychological Distress from Denial of Job Did Not Constitute Work-Related Disability | 11/30/2020 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a county employee who is found to be unqualified for a new position, and who then suffers a psychological disability triggered by the failure to obtain that position, is not entitled to a service-connected disability retirement. ...Read More | |||
| Attorney Suspended After Gun Incident | 11/25/2020 | ||
| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A South Carolina personal injury and workers' compensation attorney has been suspended from practice after he was arrested in a gun-related incident. Jason Taylor, of Charleston, was charged in October with pointing a gun at a police cadet in the driveway of Taylor's downtown Char...Read More | |||
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Anthony Salvino Appointed Comp Judge | 11/24/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Anthony P. Salvino, former chairman of the workers’ compensation group at the law firm of White and Williams, was appointed to serve as a workers’ compensation judge by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Workers’ Compensation Office of Adjudication. ...Read More | |||
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Another Month, Another Hearing on Bill Review and Dispute Rules | 11/20/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has scheduled another hearing and workshop to discuss potential changes to rules for reimbursement disputes and insurer authorization. ...Read More | |||
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AGC Self-Insurers' Fund Announces $18.5 Million Dividend | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self-Insurers’ Fund announced that an $18.5 million dividend will be returned to qualifying members in March. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Names Steve Shappell EVP of Specialty Claims and Legal | 11/17/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services announced that Steve Shappell joined the company as executive vice president of specialty claims and legal. ...Read More | |||
| Annual Updates to AMA Impairment Guides Will Face Rough Waters Ahead | 11/16/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Impairment ratings will face intense scrutiny and potential upheaval as the American Medical Association embarks on an ambitious program to update its rating guides every year with extensive input from stakeholders. ...Read More | |||
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AMA Releases CPT Codes for Coronavirus Vaccine | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The American Medical Association on Thursday announced two Current Procedural Terminology codes for coronavirus vaccines and four new codes for administering the vaccine. ...Read More | |||
