Workers' Compensation News
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ACOEM Wants Greater Focus on Functional Improvement in Opioid Treatment
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04/10/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 454 | 2 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read
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While many recent efforts to combat the opioid crisis have focused on restricting initial prescriptions for the painkillers, others are attacking the issue from the angle of opioid use by chronic pain patients.
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Attorneys' Procedural Mistake Won't Bar Workers From Advancing Claims Against BP
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04/10/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read
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A federal trial court judge in Louisiana is allowing two BP Exploration & Production employees to move forward with their claims that they were sickened by their chemical exposures while participating in the cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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ASC Welcomes Jim Matthews as National Account Executive
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04/09/2018
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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Alternative Service Concepts, a national third-party claims administrator, has hired Jim Matthews as a national account executive in the company’s Norcross, Georgia, office.
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Anti-Fraud Plans Find New Home in Department Rulebook
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04/03/2018
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 339 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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Insurers and investigators looking for guidance on filing their anti-fraud plans may soon be surprised to find the rules are missing. That's because the Florida Department of Financial Services has done some housekeeping to reorganize rules on the books.
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AG Says DIR Complying With Lien Stay Injunction, Contempt Claim Lacks Merit
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03/30/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 956 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read
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California’s top law enforcement official says the Department of Industrial Relations is in full compliance with the lien stay injunction handed down in December, and a federal judge should dismiss a motion seeking to hold the agency in contempt.
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Attorneys Seek Review of WCC's Jurisdiction on Retaliation Claims
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03/28/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 162 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
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A trio of Oklahoma attorneys on Tuesday filed a request with the state Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of the statutory grant of jurisdiction to the Workers' Compensation Commission to hear retaliation claims.
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ALJ Erred in Rejecting Testimony of Worker's Medical Expert
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03/27/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 191 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ordered an administrative law judge to revisit the evidence in a worker’s claim for benefits based on a cumulative trauma injury, since the record established that the judge erred in rejecting the opinion of the worker’s medical expert.
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AIG Hires Ed Dandridge as Head of Marketing
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03/27/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 136 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read
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American International Group has named Ed Dandridge head of marketing and communications for its general insurance segment, effective April 16.
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Appeals Board En Banc Clarifies Deadline for Pre-2017 Lien Declarations
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03/26/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1058 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 63 min read
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Because the deadline California lawmakers set for filing lien declarations fell on a Saturday, lien holders had until the close of business on the following Monday to submit the documents to preserve their claims, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board said in a ...Read More
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