Workers' Compensation News
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Apportionment Discrimination Bill Heading to Governor | 08/23/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Jerry Brown will have another opportunity to explicitly prohibit doctors from apportioning a part of an injured worker’s permanent disability to a predisposition arising from a protected characteristic such as race or gender. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Underpaid Outpatient Surgery Provider on 23 Claims | 08/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the State Office of Risk Management had been short-changing an outpatient surgical service provider by paying it less than half the amount that would qualify as “reasonable.” ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys: Argument That Comp Covers Inmates Could Cost County | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys representing a group of inmates who dispute Fresno County’s allegation that they are entitled to workers’ compensation coverage for injuries sustained in a gas pipeline explosion said the county’s argument that inmates are employees could be costly, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Apportionment, Debit Card Bills Heading to Governor | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers approved amendments to bills allowing employers to pay indemnity benefits though debit cards, and identifying conditions that must be considered when rating impairment resulting from occupational breast cancer claims, sending the measures to the governor. ...Read More | |||
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AIG Appoints John Repko as Chief Information Officer | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| American International Group has appointed John P. Repko as executive vice president and chief information officer, effective Sept. 4. ...Read More | |||
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Airline Worker Gets Benefits for Fall in Airport Parking Lot | 08/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an airline worker was entitled to benefits for his injury from a fall in a parking lot as he was arriving for the start of his shift. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Plans to Seek Review of 4th DCA Decision in Fraud Case | 08/17/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The attorney for a chiropractor accused of fraud said he will ask the California Supreme Court to review an appellate court decision finding that the criminal indictment was procedurally sound. ...Read More | |||
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Alabama Man Sentenced for Taking Federal Benefits While Working for Botswana | 08/17/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Alabama man who collected federal workers' compensation benefits while working for the Republic of Botswana has been sentenced to home confinement and $25 in court costs. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Passes Debit Card Payment Bill | 08/10/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would allow California employers to use prepaid debit cards to pay indemnity benefits. Th...Read More | |||
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Amendments Would Allow, not Mandate, Coverage for Las Vegas Shooting | 08/10/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recently amended bill would allow, but not explicitly require, California cities and counties to provide workers’ compensation benefits to peace officers injured while outside of the state. ...Read More | |||
