Workers' Compensation News
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ACP Applauds Bills It Says Will Cut Costs, Streamline Claims Adjusting | 08/24/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Association of Claims Professionals applauded a pair of bills introduced in the New York State Assembly that it says would cut consumer costs and streamline the claims adjusting process. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee to Hear Report in Support of Two-Level Disk Replacement | 08/21/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon’s Medical Advisory Committee will discuss at a Friday morning meeting a recommendation that the state’s workers’ compensation system start covering two-level cervical artificial disk replacements. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Say State's Comp Practice Becoming 'Hypertechnical' | 08/19/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Like their counterparts in New York, Florida comp attorneys said this week that workers' compensation law practice has become “hypertechnical,” requiring extra vigilance on forms, deadlines and what once were considered minor details in claims. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
