Workers' Compensation News
|
Auditor Details Nepotism, Improper Hires and 'Culture of Fear' in Report | 03/27/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker engaged in gross misconduct by violating state hiring processes to arrange employment and promotions for her daughter, and perpetuated a “culture of fear” as she attempted to identify and retaliate against suspected wh...Read More | |||
|
Air Ambulance Business Could Be Flying Into Storm Clouds | 03/25/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As any high school economics class will explain, more competition in the marketplace is supposed to lead to lower prices. The Airline Deregulat...Read More | |||
|
AG Launches Investigation Into PBM Pricing | 03/25/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In what may be seen as another blow to the pharmacy benefits management industry, the Kentucky attorney general this week announced his office has begun an investigation into allegations that PBMs may have overcharged state insurance programs. ...Read More | |||
|
Alabama Won't Raise Benefits After Court Ruling, But Georgia Looks Likely | 03/22/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Perhaps heeding the warning signs posted next door in Alabama, the Georgia Senate wasted little time this year in passing a bill that would raise the maximum weekly wage benefit for temporary total and partial disability. ...Read More | |||
|
Ammunition Maker Fined $188K After Explosion Kills 2 | 03/22/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an ammunition manufacturer after an explosion killed two workers at the company’s facility in Perry, Florida. ...Read More | |||
|
Alliant Hires Adam Glenn as VP | 03/14/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has hired Adam Glenn as vice president to work out of the company’s office in Dallas. ...Read More | |||
|
Appeals Board Rules 'de Facto' Control Sufficient to Stay Lien | 03/11/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Friday issued a significant panel decision finding the automatic stay on liens can apply to a company that is effectively controlled by a provider even if that person is not designated as an officer and does not own at least 10% of t...Read More | |||
|
Auditor to Investigate QME, State Comp Programs | 03/07/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers on Wednesday asked the state auditor to investigate the dwindling number of qualified medical evaluators participating in the workers’ compensation system, and develop recommendations to ensure a sufficient number of doctors are available to evaluate disabilities and wr...Read More | |||
| AG: Man Surrenders on Fraud Charge Following Indictment | 03/07/2019 | ||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced that a man turned himself in after being indicted on one count of workers' compensation fraud. Charles Stevenson,...Read More | |||
|
Applied Underwriters Asks ALJ to Overrule Regulators on Captive Comp Program | 03/06/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Applied Underwriters, Berkshire Hathaway's workers' compensation division, has been the subject of scrutiny from regulators and courts in a number of states for the last few years, thanks in part to its multi-layered captive insurance program. ...Read More | |||
