Workers' Compensation News
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Application for Board Review Can't Be Completed by Attaching Brief | 01/15/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an attorney’s failure to completely fill out a document for review by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board warranted a denial of the application. ...Read More | |||
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After a Decade of Debate, Hand/Foot Bill Now Going to Governor | 01/15/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After almost a decade of ups and downs in the Legislature, a bill that improves benefits for the loss of all or part of a hand or foot is finally on its way to the New Jersey governor. ...Read More | |||
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AI-Based Provider-Payer Data Exchange Announced by Change Healthcare | 01/14/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Change Healthcare announced that enhancements to its Intelligent Healthcare Platform will allow providers to submit documents and data elec...Read More | |||
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A Year of Debate Produces Few Reforms but Exposes Flaws in IME System | 01/10/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Perhaps a study committee that spent most of 2019 examining New York's much-criticized independent medical examination system was doomed from the start, and now it's time for a smaller, less-contentious group to tackle the issue. ...Read More | |||
| Application for Review Properly Denied Due to Failure to State Specific Objection to WCLJ Decision | 01/02/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer’s failure to provide an objection to a specific finding by a workers’ compensation law judge justified the denial of the employer’s application for review of the judge’s decision. Case: In the Matte...Read More | |||
| Amazon Subcontractors Misclassify Workers, Deny Comp, Report Says | 12/23/2019 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Subcontractors hired for Amazon's building and remodeling projects in Virginia have engaged in widespread misclassification of workers, denying them full wages and workers' compensation benefits, an investigation by a carpenter's union alleges. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Charged in $22M Kickback Case Sentenced to 14 Months | 12/20/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California attorney accused of participating in a $22 million kickback scheme was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $35,000 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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AG Opinion: Retaliation Claims for 2014-2018 Go to Comp Commission | 12/19/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers have changed the state's workers' compensation statutes and the structure of the system so much in recent years that it took an attorney general's opinion to answer a question about jurisdiction on retaliation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Suspended for Advancing Funds to Comp Client, Mishandling Trust Accounts | 12/17/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court last week suspended a Fairfield attorney for 30 days for his mishandling of a client trust account. Since obtaining his license ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Committee Approves Hand, Foot Benefit Improvements | 12/13/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would increase benefits and the duration of benefits for the loss of fingers, toes, a hand or a foot — approved by the state Senate one year ago — has now passed an Assembly committee. ...Read More | |||
