Workers' Compensation News
| Bill Aims to Reduce Number of Appeals for Utilization Review | 04/19/2017 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Utilization review could not be used to evaluate the necessity, appropriateness, efficiency and quality of medical services unless those services cost at least $1,500, according to a Senate bill now awaiting action in the House. The measure would affect about one-third of the appeal ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Keep Claimant Names Secret Moves Closer to a Floor Vote | 04/17/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A House bill that would protect the identities of injured and deceased workers is on the Special Order Calendar and could get a second reading before the full chamber Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Records 38 Fraud Convictions in First Quarter | 04/17/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nine workers and employers were convicted in March of defrauding or trying to defraud the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation out of money reserved for legitimately injured workers and workplace safety efforts, the agency said. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Create PDMP in Last Holdout State Moves Through Senate; No Vote Yet | 04/14/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A measure to make Missouri the last U.S. state to adopt a prescription drug monitoring program is moving swiftly through the Senate after the bill's biggest foe said he would not filibuster it this time. ...Read More | |||
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Bayless Sworn In as WCJ | 04/14/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration Director Darin A. Childers swore in Rachel A. Bayless as the agency’s newest workers’ compensation judge. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Subjecting Air Ambulance Providers to State Insurance Code Heads to Governor | 04/14/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill to regulate air ambulance services in the same way as insurance is on its way to Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's desk after an amended version cleared the House last week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Aims to Clarify Comp Exemptions for Corporate Owners | 04/13/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers are pushing legislation this year trying to strike a balance between preventing businesses from exploiting work comp coverage exemptions for corporate officers to preserving the exemptions for companies that are playing by the rules. ...Read More | |||
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Backlog of Fee Petitions Drives Up Payments to Workers' Attorneys by 26% | 04/13/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida claimants’ attorney fees jumped 26% in the 11 months since the state Supreme Court ruled the statutory fee schedule was unconstitutional, but that spike may represent pent-up demand as attorneys held off on filing fee petitions while awaiting the high court’s decision rather t...Read More | |||
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Bill Shielding Volunteer First Responder Groups From Liability Passes Legislature | 04/12/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill shielding volunteer first responder groups from liability for injuries sustained on their premises or during emergency response activities is on its way to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's desk. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Penalize Noncompliant Employers on Way to Governor | 04/12/2017 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation authorizing North Dakota's workers' compensation agency to issue cease-and-desist orders to noncompliant employers and fine them $10,000 if they violate the order, plus $100 for each day the violation persists, is on its way to the governor's desk. ...Read More | |||
