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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
 
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