Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Allow Bundling Group Health With Work Comp | 11/21/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas companies may soon be able to offer their employees a workers’ compensation plan with accident and health coverage on the same policy, potentially increasing the number of insured workers throughout the state. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Loss-Safety Experience in Construction Contracts | 11/18/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Texas are considering a bill that would prohibit the use of experience modifiers in awarding contracts for public and private construction projects. ...Read More | |||
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Benchmarking Study Launches Performance Survey | 10/19/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| National cost-containment and case-management company Rising Medical Solutions announced that the Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study released its annual survey for its 2022 report. ...Read More | |||
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BWC: Man With Three Jobs Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 10/17/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a man who held three jobs while receiving benefits pleaded guilty to fraud and was ordered to pay $4,462 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Biden Asks Congress to Pass Federal Firefighter Presumption | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| President Joe Biden, speaking at the National Summit on Fire Prevention and Control, called on lawmakers to send him a bill that would create a presumption that certain health conditions are compensable injuries for federal...Read More | |||
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BWC Reports 69 Convictions, Saving $90M in Past Fiscal Year | 10/11/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation reported that its Special Investigations Department closed 1,431 cases during the fiscal year that ended in June, securing 69 convictions and identifying $90 million in savings. ...Read More | |||
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Bradford and Barthel Opens Bakersfield Office | 09/30/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California-headquartered workers’ compensation defense firm Bradford and Barthel announced the opening of a new office in Bakersfield. ...Read More | |||
| BWC Launches Physician Training Program | 09/14/2022 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation launched a training program for providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Administrator Hudgens Retires After 11 Years | 08/31/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens retired today after leading the agency for the last 11 years. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Expand PTSD Presumption Back After Spending Year on 'Inactive File' | 08/22/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would give more workers a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is job-related is up for a third and final vote in the California Assembly after spending the last year on the lower chamber’s “inactive file.” ...Read More | |||
