Workers' Compensation News
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A.M. Best: Specialist Carriers Grabbing Bigger Percentage of Premium | 09/28/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As large, multi-line insurance carriers such as American International Group are pulling back from workers’ compensation, smaller, specialty writers are stepping in to write more of the business, according to a new ...Read More | |||
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Alliance Physical Therapy Names Mark Andrzejewski CEO | 09/28/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Alliance Physical Therapy Partners, a company that provides support to physical therapy practices, has appointed Mark Andrzejewski as its chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
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Accredited Rehab Programs Cost More with Negligible Differences in Duration | 09/28/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new report on return-to-work rehabilitation services shows significantly higher costs for accredited facilities over non-accredited programs but negligible differences in duration and total amount of temporary income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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AIG Announces Segment Shake-Up | 09/26/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| American International Group on Monday announced a restructuring that will eliminate the company’s commercial and consumer segments, a move that includes the departure of Rob Schimek, the commercial segment’s chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Sam Pond to Teach Comp Class at Alma Mater | 09/25/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sam Pond, a founding and managing partner at Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano in Philadelphia, has been appointed an adjunct professor at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. ...Read More | |||
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Applications Being Accepted for Spot on Workers' Compensation Board | 09/25/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission is accepting applications for one position on the state Department of Workers’ Claims Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
| Agency to Restart Variance Notification Process | 09/20/2017 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission on Thursday will re-implement the variance notification process to inform stakeholders when there has been an underpayment of benefits. Should a file audit reveal an underpayment of $50 or more, the commission will notify the injured wor...Read More | |||
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Agencies Aim to Get Injured Workers Vocational Help Sooner | 09/18/2017 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Commission and state Vocational Rehabilitation Department have proposed an agreement to make it easier for injured workers to get vocational rehabilitation. ...Read More | |||
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AG Latest to File Suit Against Opioid Manufacturers | 09/13/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is the latest to file a lawsuit accusing major pharmaceutical manufacturers of downplaying the risks of overdose and addiction when marketing narcotic painkillers, and creating the opioid epidemic. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Releases Range of Fees by Utilization and Peer Review Organizations | 09/12/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Department of Labor and Industry’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has released the range of fees charged by utilization review organizations and peer review organizations for 2016 under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
