Workers' Compensation News
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Board Temporarily Suspends Treating Privileges of Two Physicians | 08/15/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state Workers’ Compensation Board has temporarily suspended the authorization of two physicians to treat injured workers. The state Board...Read More | |||
| BWC Taps Former Industrial Commission Adviser as Chief Medical Officer | 08/14/2017 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced Friday that it has hired Dr. Terrence B. Welsh, the former chief medical adviser for the Industrial Commission, as its chief medical officer. ...Read More | |||
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Board Seeks Guidance on Transferring Liability From Special Funds | 08/11/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is considering transferring nearly 70,000 claims to a private entity using an assumption of liability policy or other financial instrument to shed at least $830 million in estimated annual costs. ...Read More | |||
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Brent Toups Promoted to VP at LWCC | 08/11/2017 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. has promoted Brent Toups to vice president of policyholder services and agency relations. ...Read More | |||
| BWC Seeks to Update Drug-Free Workplace Program Rule | 08/10/2017 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing next month on proposed changes to its drug-free workplace program rule. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 28 in the Tennessee Room of the BWC building, located at 220 French Landing Drive in Nashville...Read More | |||
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Berkshire's Primary Insurance Group Boosts Underwriting Gain in Q2 | 08/09/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Berkshire Hathaway has reported net income for the second quarter of $4.26 billion, a 15% decrease from net income of $5 billion in the same quarter last year. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Introduced to Mandate Uniform Adjuster Licensing Requirements | 08/03/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Legislation that would require states to adopt uniform and reciprocal licensing laws for independent claim adjusters has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Business Interests Huddle With Lawmakers Over Protz Ruling That Removed IREs | 08/02/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Business groups say they are holding private conversations with Pennsylvania state lawmakers on a legislative remedy to a state Supreme Court decision that blocks impairment rating evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Requiring Carriers to Pay for Medical Report Gets Another Go | 07/24/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A state lawmaker is making a second attempt to require workers' compensation carriers to pay doctors for medical opinions requested after the carrier disputes the extent of a worker's compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Bankruptcy Filing Pits Labor Department Against Self-Insured Employer | 07/21/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations is fighting in bankruptcy court for $92,000 to cover workers’ compensation claims from a self-insured company that filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. ...Read More | |||
