Workers' Compensation News
Agency Offers COVID Codes, Telemed Services in Treatment Guidelines | 07/28/2020 | ||
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 | |||
Awareness of Wet Floor Doesn't Preclude Suit for Damages | 07/23/2020 | ||
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 | |||
Ametros Webinar to Focus on Post-Settlement Medical Administration | 07/17/2020 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Ametros is hosting a webinar Tuesday that will cover the basics of post-settlement medical administration. ...Read More | |||
AG Sues Uber, Lyft Over Classification of Drivers as Independent Contractors | 07/17/2020 | ||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has filed a lawsuit charging that Uber and Lyft ridesharing companies have misclassified drivers, blocking them from workers' compensation and other employee protections. ...Read More | |||
AGC, SAIF Announce $3.4M Retro Return | 07/16/2020 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Associated General Contractors Oregon-Columbia Chapter and SAIF Corp. on Wednesday announced a $3.4 million retrospective return for the 639 companies that participated in the group workers’ compensation program. ...Read More | |||
Audit Finds Multiple Problems With State Employee Comp Program | 07/13/2020 | ||
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
New Jersey’s self-insured workers’ compensation program for state employees provided incorrect benefits in most claims and failed to address the root cause of many accidents, an audit by the state’s comptroller found. ...Read More | |||
Allegedly Injured Worker Fails to Prove Employment Relationship | 06/30/2020 | ||
State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a worker is not entitled to benefits because he failed to prove he had an employer-employee relationship with a subcontractor on a construction project. ...Read More | |||
Administrative Hearing Record Can Be Kept Open for Submission of IME Report | 06/26/2020 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to an injured nurse, finding the record of the administrative hearing was properly left open for the employer to submit a report from an independent medical examiner. ...Read More | |||
Agency, Special Fund Assessment Rates Will Stay Same for 2021 | 06/24/2020 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Assessment rates for the Florida workers' compensation agency and the state's Special Disability Trust Fund will remain the same in 2021, regulators announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||