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	Bill Requiring Notice of Premium Hikes Goes to Governor; Other WC Bills Have to Wait		07/09/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: IL \| Segment: Top \| 326 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 122 min read
	Another year, another veto threat. Gov. B...Read More


	Board Suspends Doctor for Failing to Answer Interrogatory		07/06/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 176 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board suspended New York City doctor John Felix Waller’s authorization to treat injured workers after he failed to cooperate with its investigators. The board said that it served interrogatories to Dr. Waller’s last known business...Read More


	Builders Insurance Appoints General Counsel as Edwards Retires		07/03/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 343 \| 0 \| Popular with Employer \| 2 min read
	Builders Insurance Group on Monday announced the appointment of J. Stephen Berry as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary. ...Read More


	Bus Driver One of Several People Caught in Compounding Drug Fraud Investigation		07/02/2018

	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 227 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 34 min read
	A New York City bus driver was one of the key players in a wide-ranging compounded drug scheme that defrauded insurers of almost $3 million, federal authorities said Thursday. ...Read More


	Bankers Seek Fewer Restrictions on Benefit Cards		06/29/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 338 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 23 min read
	A proposed pilot project that would allow California employers to pay temporary disability benefits with debit cards would work better with fewer restrictions on fees and without a requirement that workers opt into the program in writing, according to finance industry lobbyists. ...Read More


	BBSI Issues Letter of Credit for Comp Program Restructuring		06/29/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 156 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 4 min read
	Barrett Business Services Inc. is receiving a letter of credit from its primary lender as part of a strategy to reduce costs from its workers’ compensation program. ...Read More


	Bevins Appoints Real Estate Investor to KEMI Board		06/28/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 238 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 8 min read
	Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Brian T. Evans Jr. as a member of the board of directors of Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance Authority. ...Read More


	Business Owners Given Final Chance to Pay Past-Due Premiums		06/25/2018

	State: OH \| Segment: NORTH \| 108 \| 0 \| Popular with Wcc \| 124 min read
	Two business owners from Bellefontaine, Ohio, who owe about $78,000 in back premiums to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation can avoid fines and jail time if they bring their BWC policies back into compliance this year, a municipal judge ruled June 12. ...Read More


	Board Can't Consider Records From Worker's Prior Comp Claim		06/20/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 172 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 19 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board could not rely on the medical records from a prior claim filed by a transit authority employee a year before he died to determine whether the death was compensable. ...Read More


	Bill Would Keep Business Expenses Out of Loss Cost Calculations		06/19/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: NY \| Segment: Top \| 228 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 22 min read
	With just 72 hours remaining in New York's 2018 legislative session, stakeholders are squaring off over a bill that would fundamentally change the way insurers calculate workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More

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OH - Five Employers Plead Guilty to $269,000 in Fraud for Lapsed Coverage

07/17/2018 | 29 | 0

Five employers and one injured worker have been convicted of defrauding the Ohio workers' compensation system of more than $269,000. “If these employers had just played by the rules and reached out to us for help when they were struggling, we could have had a better outcome for all involved,” Jim Wernecke, director of BWC’s special investigations department, said in a statement issued Friday. “Instead, they went in a different direction and now they have a criminal record in addition to their unpaid BWC premiums.” The six were convicted in June aft... Read More

NE - Schroeder Named Court Administrator

07/17/2018 | 11 | 0

Longtime workers' compensation attorney Jill Gradwohl Schroeder has been named administrator for the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. Schroeder, who has spent 30 years with the Lincoln firm of Baylor Evnen, will assume her new duties Monday, the court announced. She replaces general counsel Lorra O'Banion, who has served as acting administrator for the past eight weeks. The court administrator manages the court functions, is the primary liaison between the presiding judge and administrative and operational side of the court, and oversees implementation and enforcement of adm... Read More

OR - Registration Opens for Educational Conference

07/16/2018 | 94 | 0 | 87 min read

Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services opened registration for its 16th annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference scheduled for the end of September. The conference is designed for those working in the state’s work comp system, with general sessions providing information about the entire industry, and concurrent workshops that focus on specific issues. The department said the 2018 conference will include basic workshops for those new to the state’s system, as well as advanced workshops for those more familiar with the state’s rules. Reg... Read More

CA - Civilian LAPD Worker Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud

07/16/2018 | 367 | 0 | 20 min read

A civilian worker for the Los Angeles Police Department pleaded guilty to one felony count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay $3,491 in restitution, county prosecutors announced. Gerald R. Pulley, 51, was a senior clerk typist for the department. The District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that Pulley had been on temporary disability leave when he was cleared to return to work in February 2017. Rather than go back to his job, Pulley returned to a second job working as a security guard while continuing to collect benefits from the Police Department. Pulley’s felony ... Read More

WI - Rates to Drop For Third Straight Year

07/16/2018 | 127 | 0 | 49 min read

Most Wisconsin employers will see another drop in workers' compensation rates after the state insurance commissioner approved a rate reduction for the third straight year. Commissioner Ted Nickel The Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau recommended a 6.03% rate reduction last month and the commissioner of insurance approved it last week. It goes into effect Oct. 1, and follows an 8.46% decline in 2017 and a 3.19% drop in 2016, the Department of Workforce Development announced. The latest reduction is expected to save about $134 million annually for Wisconsin employers. Wisc... Read More

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