Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Restricting Initial Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days Clears Legislature | 06/21/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Both chambers of the New York state legislature passed a bill that will limit initial opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply, sending the measure to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desk. ...Read More | |||
| Brentwood Services Administrators Promotes Daniel Knick | 06/20/2016 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. has promoted Daniel Knick to the position of senior claim representative in its occupational injury unit, the company announced on Friday. Knick now has increased responsibility for reviewing, processing and handling occupational accident claims...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Mandate Consultation With PDMP Before Prescribing Controlled Substances | 06/16/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California doctors would be required to consult the state’s prescription drug monitoring database before prescribing controlled substances to patients in some situations under a bill carried over from last year. ...Read More | |||
| Bureau Seeks to Close Estate of Carrier Liquidated in 1989 | 06/14/2016 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Liquidation Bureau is seeking permission from the New York County Supreme Court to pay $300,000 to Safety National Casualty Corp. and assume liability for a single claim left over from the liquidation of a workers' compensation carrier in 1989. Ancillary Receiver Mel...Read More | |||
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Bills Exclude Newspaper Carriers From Workers' Compensation | 06/09/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Senate has passed two workers’ compensation bills — one that allows video conferencing for hearings in a far-flung location, and another that excludes newspaper carriers from workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance coverage, as well as the mi...Read More | |||
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Business Council: More Workers' Compensation Tweaks Needed to Stem Rising Costs | 06/08/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A panel created to review New York’s business climate recommends further tweaks to the workers’ compensation system, even after massive reforms were made in 2007 and 2013. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Offers 2-Year Occupational Safety and Health Fellowship For College Grads | 06/08/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is accepting applications for a new fellowship program geared toward college graduates who studied occupational safety and health, engineering, industrial hygiene, environmental health or the sciences. ...Read More | |||
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Boat Manufacturer Faces $66,000 in Fines | 06/08/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A maker of boats faces fines of more than $66,000 after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it found numerous safety violations at an Amory-area facility. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Eliminate Requirement to Document Change in Condition | 06/07/2016 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers in Rhode Island would not be required to document that their incapacity has increased or returned, or to document a comparative change of condition when filing a petition ...Read More | |||
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Bill Review Firm Cuts City's Medical Outlays by 76% | 06/02/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The City of Pasadena credits a bill review firm with helping the city save nearly $1 million in workers’ comp medical costs so far this fiscal year, ...Read More | |||
