Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Permit Electronic Delivery of Decisions Clears House | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 115 min read | |||
| A bill in the Delaware legislature that would allow Industrial Accident Board's hearing notices and decisions to be sent by email instead of certified mail has been passed by the House. ...Read More | |||
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Bronx Mover Was Shaking Off the Law, Collecting $19,000 in WC Benefits | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 174 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| New York authorities this week charged a man with stealing more than $19,000 in workers' compensation benefits after he claimed injury in Connecticut and began work for a moving company in the Bronx. ...Read More | |||
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Bookkeeper Sentenced for Defrauding Comp Lawyer of $1.5 Million | 06/18/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 248 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| A well-known workers' compensation lawyer and longtime Miami Marlins baseball "super fan" has been defrauded of $1.5 million by his own bookkeeper, authorities said. ...Read More | |||
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Brown Named First Woman to Head Workers' Comp Division | 06/15/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 270 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 91 min read | |||
| A longtime state government insider has been named the first woman to lead the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow More Types of Providers to Treat Workers | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 195 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Two similar bills in the New York Legislature would "modernize" workers' compensation medical care by allowing nurse practitioners, social workers and physical therapists to perform more services. One bill is sponsored by a Republican state senator, the other by a Democratic assembl...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add Forest Firefighters to Cancer Presumption Statute | 06/15/2018 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 704 min read | |||
| Four state lawmakers have introduced legislation to add forest fire officers and fire/crash rescue officers to the list of fire and police personnel who are entitled to a presumption that specific cancers are compensable occupational diseases. ...Read More | |||
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Board Finalizing Procedure for Submitting Proposed Settlements | 06/13/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 113 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| The Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board on Tuesday put practitioners on notice that it will soon adopt a new protocol for submitting settlement agreements. ...Read More | |||
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Board Will Allow Access to New Claims Management System in July | 06/11/2018 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 147 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read | |||
| Starting in July, the Georgia Board of Workers' Compensation will begin phase two of its integrated claims management system, which utilizes new electronic data interchange standards, the board ...Read More | |||
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Board Announces Fee Increase for Some Specialties, but Actual Fee Listing Can't Be Found | 06/11/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 166 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board will accept public comment on proposed medical fee schedules until Aug. 6, the board announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Establish Committee to Focus on Opioids in Workplace | 06/08/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 251 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read | |||
| A bill has been introduced in Congress that would establish a committee to recommend actions that the Department of Labor could take to address opioid abuse in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
