Workers' Compensation News
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Award of Benefits at PPD Rate Didn't Constitute Classification of Disability | 11/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was never classified as having a permanent partial disability even though she had received multiple awards of benefits at a PPD rate. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee Meeting Nov. 30 | 11/15/2018 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New Mexico’s workers’ compensation advisory committee is meeting Nov. 30 in Albuquerque. The Advisory Council on Workers’...Read More | |||
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Attorney General Claims Drugmaker Increased Comp, Health Care Costs | 11/14/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A lawsuit filed by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal against Janssen Pharmaceuticals claims the drugmaker deceptively marketed its opioid products, driving up the cost of health insurance and workers’ compensation coverage for state employers. ...Read More | |||
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Amanda Posey Joins Alliant as VP in OC | 11/13/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Amanda Posey has joined Alliant as vice president in the company’s Newport Beach office. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee Suggests Rules for Document Translation | 11/13/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An advisory committee to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board is recommending rules that would require all evidence submitted at hearings to be in English, with the party submitting the document bearing the cost of translation if necessary. ...Read More | |||
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Approval of Powerful New Opioid Raises Questions | 11/12/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has come under fire for its approval this month of Dsuvia, an opioid that is estimated to be 1,000 times more potent than morphine and up to 10 times stronger than fentanyl. ...Read More | |||
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Acupuncture Pilot Program May End Early Following Promising Results | 11/09/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Preliminary results from a Washington State Department of Labor and Industries pilot program show that acupuncture produced a meaningful reduction in pain for more than half of injured workers with lower-back pain who completed a course of treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Accident Caused by Failure of Tack Welds Entitled Worker to Summary Judgment | 11/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the failure of tack welds to hold a heavy shim plate into place constituted a violation of the Labor Law that should have entitled a worker to summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
| Advisory Committee to Discuss Rule Changes, PTSD Legislation | 11/05/2018 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A subcommittee will report on outworker and independent worker definitions during a meeting of the Idaho Advisory Committee on Workers’ Compensation Nov. 14. Other items on the agenda: Proposed housekeeping amendments to electronic data interchange rules. Pr...Read More | |||
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Assessment Rates Remain Steady, Except for Research Group | 11/02/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A year ago, the Texas Department of Insurance announced higher rates for maintenance taxes on insurers. The money goes to fund the government...Read More | |||
