Workers' Compensation News
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Broadspire Announces Prosthetics Partnership With HomeCare Connect | 07/25/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Broadspire, a Crawford Company, has partnered with HomeCare Connect for prosthetics and custom orthotics for injured workers who have undergone amputations. ...Read More | |||
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Board Provides Form for E-Sig on Lump Sum Settlements | 07/25/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board will now allow insurance carriers, self-insurers and third-party administrators to electronically sign waiver agreements for lump-sum settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Sentenced to 60 Days for Fraud | 07/24/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bus driver for a Northern California school district was sentenced to 60 days in jail and ordered to pay $60,000 in restitution after being convicted on one count of workers’ compensation fraud and one count of auto insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Rules for Treating Concussions | 07/22/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is holding a hearing in August to review proposed rules for treating concussions. At the same tim...Read More | |||
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Board Must Determine if Worker Had Good Cause for Delay | 07/17/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals revived a worker’s challenge to the denial of his claim, finding his lack of legal sophistication was to blame for his failure to timely request a hearing. ...Read More | |||
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BrickStreet and Motorists Unite as Encova Mutual | 07/16/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two years after workers’ comp insurer BrickStreet Mutual announced an affiliation with Motorists Insurance Group, the combined companies have rebranded as Encova Mutual Insurance Group. ...Read More | |||
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Brett Flagg Appointed to TMI Board | 07/12/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Brett Flagg to serve on the board of directors for Texas Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Posts Fee Schedule Memo for 3rd Quarter | 07/11/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation has posted its quarterly medical fee schedule memo for 2019, detailing changes and new instructions to the reimbursement system, the bureau announced. ...Read More | |||
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Broadspire Partners With Carisk Imaging on Diagnostic Testing | 07/10/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Broadspire, a third-party claims administrator, is partnering with Carisk Imaging to provide access to radiology networks, appointment scheduling and billing services for workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bellevue Worker Waits Two Years on Claim | 07/10/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A worker at New York City's famed Bellevue Hospital is finally seeing some relief, two years after he said he was assaulted by a coworker and injured his back — a case involving bungled evidence that required the claim to be reopened earlier this year. ...Read More | |||
