Workers' Compensation News
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Appropriations Committee Hearing Presumption Bills Monday | 08/14/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state Senate Appropriations Committee will review potential cost implications for a pair of bills that would create statutory presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable condition in California, during a hearing that starts at 9 a.m. on Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Accident Fund Grants $3.5M in Early Dividends | 08/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation insurance provider Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America granted $3.5 million in early dividend payments to chambers of commerce, associations, hospitality and other groups that achieved targeted safety results in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Actuarial Committee Meets Monday, Governing Committee Meets Wednesday | 08/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Actuarial Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will meet at 9 a.m. Monday to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and the potential impact of medical care delays. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Council Meets Tuesday | 08/07/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Labor-Management Advisory Council will hear an update on COVID-19 claims and discuss a proposal to change who is responsible for providing claimants with information about work comp benefits, during a meeting Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Another State Posts New Rules on PBM Licensing, Spread Pricing | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| All pharmacy benefits managers in Virginia will soon have to be licensed, and the Bureau of Insurance is now accepting applications. Th...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Provide CIGA Coverage for Out-of-State Injuries | 07/31/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Insurance Guarantee Association would pay workers’ compensation benefits to state residents injured while working in another state for an employer that had coverage through an insurer that has since become insolvent, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust, Appulate Announce Partnership | 07/31/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Digital technology platform Appulate announced it will be working with AmTrust Financial Services to allow retail insurance agents and brokers to rate, quote and bind workers’ compensation policies in real time. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Offers COVID Codes, Telemed Services in Treatment Guidelines | 07/28/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Administration is proposing changes to its medical treatment guidelines, including new billing codes and telemedicine services for treatment of COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Awareness of Wet Floor Doesn't Preclude Suit for Damages | 07/23/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a restaurant worker’s awareness that the floor in front of a cooler was wet did not prevent him from recovering damages for his slip-and-fall injuries. ...Read More | |||
| Advisory Council Holding Zoom Meeting July 31 | 07/22/2020 | ||
| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Mexico’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease Disablement will hold a virtual meeting July 31. Anyone wishing to address the advisory council can request the opportunity to do so by contacting the council’s staff assistant at 505-841-605...Read More | |||
