Workers' Compensation News
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Busiest Attorneys Billing Far Less Than in Recent Years, Database Shows | 01/31/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The top-billing workers' compensation attorneys in Texas billed considerably less in 2019 than in each of the two previous years, but some amounts of billable hours still seem to fall in the unrealistic category. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Preserve Firefighters' Cancer Presumption | 01/30/2020 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Idaho lawmakers this year could debate whether to make permanent the presumption that cancer arises out of employment for firefighters, thanks to a bill that was introduced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes to Exempt Musicians From ABC Test | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Republicans have added musicians to the list of workers they’re seeking to exempt from the ABC test to determine who is an employee. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Lower Blood Alcohol Threshold for Contributing Cause Presumption | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Utah lawmakers are considering whether to lower the blood alcohol level that triggers the presumption that intoxication is the major contributing cause of a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow PTSD Claims by 911 Dispatchers | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Emergency dispatchers in Washington state would be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder caused by cumulative exposure to traumatic events, under a bill scheduled for a committee hearing Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Comp Coverage for Audible Trauma | 01/27/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hearing violent acts or the aftermath of violence would qualify as a compensable traumatic event, under a bill introduced in the Colorado General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Minor Changes to Outpatient Fee Schedule | 01/27/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is in the midst of a five-year rule review on its hospital outpatient services fee schedule and has posted proposed changes, including the removal of hip replacements from the list of approved procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Board Posts Template to Help Doctors With Reports for CMS-1500 Submissions | 01/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board has posted a template to help doctors write better narratives when submitting medical bills. ...Read More | |||
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Blinded Worker Gets Enhanced Award of Benefits | 01/24/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a worker’s entitlement to an enhanced award of workers’ compensation benefits based on his employer’s violation of several specific safety regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose to Exempt Newspaper Distributors, Freelance Writers From AB 5 | 01/22/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The one-year exemption to the state’s new employee classification test that the California News Publishers Association won last year would become permanent, under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
