Workers' Compensation News
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Bureau Proposes Amendments to Rules on WCAB Appeals, Treatment Guidelines | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has proposed amendments to rules relating to appeals at the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and procedures for updating medical treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Bar Association's Work Comp Section Raises $11K for Food Bank | 11/15/2017 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section donated the proceeds of its recent charity golf event to a food bank at its Thursday meeting, the group announced Monday ...Read More | |||
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BLS Estimates Decline in Private-Industry Rate of Reported Injuries | 11/14/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Private-industry employers reported nearly 48,500 fewer on-the-job injuries and illnesses in 2016 than they did in 2015, continuing a downward trend that has gone on mostly unabated since 2004, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated in ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Clarify Definition of Volunteer at Firehouses, Rescue Squads | 11/09/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would clarify who counts as a volunteer member of firehouses and rescue squads has been referred to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Labor and Industry Committee. ...Read More | |||
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Board Yanks Treating Privileges of Two Doctors | 11/03/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Board has revoked the authorization to treat injured workers for one physician convicted of taking bribes and another convicted of felony conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Using Attorney Fees to Justify Rate Change | 11/01/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill has been introduced in the Florida Senate that would prohibit attorney fees paid under the state’s workers’ compensation law and the Florida insurance code from being included in an insurer’s rate base. ...Read More | |||
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Board Revokes Authorization of Doctor Convicted of Health Care Fraud | 11/01/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board revoked the authorization of a physician, who last year was convicted on health care fraud charges, from treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Board Forging Ahead With Virtual Hearings | 10/30/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York next month will become the second state to use virtual technology in judicial hearings before workers’ compensation administrative law judges. ...Read More | |||
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Blocked Exits Lead to Hairy Fines for Wig Warehouse | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A hairpiece distribution company in Moonachie is facing $181,280 in proposed federal penalties after inspectors allegedly found blocked exits and other safety hazards at the company’s warehouse. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Considers Rules on Physician Incentives, Lumbar Fusion Surgery | 10/19/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Bureau of Workers' Compensation wants to award incentives to doctors who take on extra work as an injured worker's "treatment team leader." ...Read More | |||
