Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Fraud Investigators Net Six Convictions | 08/23/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation netted six convictions in July in criminal cases related to workers' compensation fraud, bringing the total number of convictions for the year to 61 for BWC’s Special Investigations Department. Last month’s convictions include:...Read More | |||
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Bill Limiting Corporate Executive Exemptions Goes to Governor | 08/19/2016 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly gave final approval to a bill that would require officers and directors to own at least 15% of the issued and outstanding stock in a corporation to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Amends Workers' Compensation Record-Keeping and Reporting Rules | 08/19/2016 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that amends record-keeping and reporting requirements under the state’s workers’ compensation statutes. ...Read More | |||
| Business Insurance Shuts Down After 49 Years | 08/11/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Crain Communications has ceased operations of its Business Insurance publication, the company announced this week, citing declining revenue from print advertising. The publication’s final print edition was the Aug. 1 issue; the last day for the businessinsurance.com website was Mond...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Limit Employer Liability for CT and Disease Claims | 08/04/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers would not be liable for medical treatment provided before they accept or deny a cumulative trauma or occupational disease claim unless the injured worker was treated by a doctor in the employer’s network or his or her personal physician, under recent amendments to a bil...Read More | |||
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Beecher Carlson Appoints Cait Levy as Senior Vice President | 08/03/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC, a large-account insurance broker, has expanded its national health care practice by appointing Cait Levy as senior vice president, the company announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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BrickStreet Acquisition of HM's Workers' Comp Business Official | 08/02/2016 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. officially acquired the workers’ compensation block of business from Pittsburgh-based HM Insurance Group on Monday, adding 115 HM employees and moving closer to adding another regional headquarters. ...Read More | |||
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Business Wants New Laws to Lower Costs; Claimants' Attorneys Say Drop NCCI | 08/01/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just two weeks ahead of a rate hearing on a proposed 19.6% increase, Florida business groups and employers have formed a second task force to craft legislative solutions to trim costs. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Electronic Filing of Medical Bills, Payment Within 60 Days | 07/26/2016 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would require health care providers or their electronic billing vendors to submit electronic bills for worker’s compensation claims is halfway home in New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Allegedly Offered Fake Insurance, Kept $1 Million of His Clients' Payments | 07/26/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Fort Myers man is accused of stealing more than $1 million by providing fictitious workers’ compensation insurance and payroll services, and then pocketing his clients’ payments. ...Read More | |||
