Workers' Compensation News
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Bus Driver Entitled to Medical Care for Permanent Aggravation of Pre-Existing Condition | 09/21/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers' Compensation Court ruled that an injured bus driver was entitled to ongoing medical benefits for a permanent aggravation of a pre-existing neck condition. ...Read More | |||
| Bureau Adopts Mediation and Hearing Rule Amendments | 09/20/2016 | ||
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| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation has adopted changes to its mediation and hearing rules that will take effect on Nov. 30, according to a notice in Monday's edition of the state Administrative Register. A change to Rule 0800-02-21-.14 replaces the current rule on exped...Read More | |||
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BWC Report: Investigative Team Nets 127 Convictions in FY2016 | 09/20/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The investigative arm of Ohio's workers' compensation bureau obtained 127 convictions in fiscal year 2016, according to the Special Investigations Department's annual report. ...Read More | |||
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Bartender Ordered to Pay Nearly $26,000 for Workers' Comp Fraud | 09/14/2016 | |
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| An Elmira bartender who defrauded the New York workers’ compensation system has been sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Clear Final Hurdle | 09/13/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New opioid-prescribing rules cleared an Ohio legislative hurdle Monday and will be finalized Sept. 19, despite a national pain management organization’s concerns that the regulations go too far. ...Read More | |||
| Businessman Charged With Fraud Through Alleged Shell Corporation | 09/09/2016 | ||
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| A South Florida businessman created a shell corporation to defraud one insurance company out of nearly $1 million, investigators told CBS12 in West Palm Beach. Eric Horace Hanson, of...Read More | |||
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Buyer Plans to Revive Business Insurance Publication | 09/02/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Adam Potter, executive director of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance, announced Wednesday that he has purchased recently shuttered Business Insurance from Crain Communications. ...Read More | |||
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Baltimore-Based Claimants' Attorney Dies After 50 Years in Practice | 09/01/2016 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Melvin Siegel, a longtime workers' compensation claimants' attorney and lifelong Baltimore resident, died on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Brentwood Services Promotes Controller to Chief Financial Officer | 09/01/2016 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tennessee-based Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. has promoted Controller Collette Mangold to chief financial officer. ...Read More | |||
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Business Process Re-engineering Project Will Result in Minor Cost Reductions | 08/30/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, which recently helped pass a 9.3% increase in loss cost rates, concedes that a highly touted, multi-year process to streamline system operations “will only result in minor reductions” of loss costs. ...Read More | |||
