Workers' Compensation News
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Appellant's Failure to Timely Serve Parties Doesn't Divest Judge of Ability to Extend Deadline | 05/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court this week ruled that a municipal employer’s failure to timely serve all the necessary parties with a copy of its petition for judicial review of an adverse workers’ compensation decision did not mean that it was necessarily out of luck. ...Read More | |||
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Artemis Emslie Joins Ametros' Board of Directors | 05/18/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 5 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Artemis Emslie has joined the board of directors of Ametros, a provider of post-settlement medical management services. ...Read More | |||
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As More States Pass Opioid Prescribing Limits, Bills Become More Sophisticated | 05/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma is the latest to join a growing number of states that have enacted limits on opioid prescribing for acute pain and, in some cases, address the use of opioids for chronic pain as well. ...Read More | |||
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Another Court Holds in Favor of Air Ambulance Company in Billing Dispute | 05/15/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurance carriers, state officials and attorneys for airlifted patients are growing increasingly frustrated with a spate of recent court rulings that continue to block state fee schedules and regulations, including those that ban the practice of balance billing. ...Read More | |||
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Agents Asking TDI to Extend Negotiated X-Mod Rule | 05/14/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is asking the state Department of Insurance to extend the expiration date of a rule that allows allows insurers to use negotiated experience modifi...Read More | |||
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Archdiocese Gets Summary Judgment Tossing Worker's Labor Law Claims | 05/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Archdiocese of New York was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims arising from his alleged fall from a scaffold while working on a church rectory. ...Read More | |||
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Allegations of Deficient Representation, Coercion by Judge Didn't Warrant Reopening of Claim | 05/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to the re-opening of her settled claim based on bare allegations that she had received poor representation by her prior attorney and that a judge had forced her into mediation. ...Read More | |||
| Administrative Assessment Rate Will Rise Slightly, to 2.77% | 05/10/2018 | ||
| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The administrative fund assessment rate for insurers will rise slightly for fiscal 2019, which begins July 1, the Maine Workers' Compensation Board announced this week. The assess...Read More | |||
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American Family, Main Street America Announce Merger | 05/07/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| American Family Insurance and the Main Street America Group will pursue a merger, the companies announced on Friday. The merger, expected to close ...Read More | |||
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AFG 'Especially Pleased' With Comp Performance in Q1 | 05/04/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| American Financial Group Inc. on Wednesday reported 2018 first quarter net income attributable to shareholders of $145 million, compared to $153 million for the prior-year quarter. ...Read More | |||
