Workers' Compensation News
| BWC Issues Reminder About New Fee Schedule Rules | 02/23/2018 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation medical fee schedule rules take effect on Sunday, and the Bureau has produced a bullet-point summary to help explain the changes. The fee schedule rules are effective for services rendered on or after Sunday, regardless of injury date....Read More | |||
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BWC Marks More Progress in Reducing Opioid Dependence | 02/23/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of injured workers who depend on opioids has declined 19% in Ohio’s workers’ compensation system, the sixth year in a row that the number has fallen since the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation adopted a formulary. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Permanent Extension to Deadline for Safety Worker Death Benefit Claims | 02/22/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The incoming leader of the California Senate introduced a bill that would make permanent an extended deadline for dependents of police officers and firefighters to file claims for death benefits the Legislature approved in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Bills to Limit Opioid Prescribing Advance as Concerns Linger | 02/20/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that would impose a three-day opioid prescribing limit for treatment of acute pain is moving forward in the Florida Legislature, despite concerns that it doesn’t give doctors enough flexibility to treat patients with a traumatic injury or who are undergoing a major surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Create Appellate Court Clears Senate | 02/20/2018 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A long-gestating proposal to create an intermediate court of appeals in West Virginia has gained approval in the West Virginia Senate. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Looks to Review Rules on PPD Application Procedures | 02/16/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has posted a notice of intent to review three rules on claim procedures. The rules would implem...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposing Penalty Waiver for Uninsured Employers Going to Governor | 02/16/2018 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Both chambers of the Utah Legislature approved a bill that would allow the Division of Industrial Accidents to waive or reduce some penalties assessed to employers operating without workers’ compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Board Recommends Disbarment of Lawyer Who Pocketed Settlement Checks | 02/15/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A disciplinary board is recommending disbarment of a Columbus lawyer who it says cashed clients’ workers’ compensation settlement checks and spent the money on personal expenses. ...Read More | |||
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Boyd & Jenerette Names Chairs of Work Comp Practice Group | 02/15/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida-based law firm Boyd & Jenerette has appointed shareholders Benford Samuels and Glen McClary as the co-chairs of its Florida workers’ compensation practice group. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Impose Penalties on Employers Nears Final Vote in Legislature | 02/15/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would impose penalties on Indiana employers who don’t make timely workers’ compensation benefit payments moved closer to final passage this week. ...Read More | |||
