Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Seeks Comments on Formulary Update | 08/10/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is seeking comments and feedback on proposed changes to its prescription drug formulary rules. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Extending Provisional Treatment Pilot Program | 08/05/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is seeking public comment on a proposal to extend the provisional treatment reimbursement approval pilot program through 2022. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Sets Hearing on Amendments to Dispute Resolution Rules | 08/03/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is holding a hearing Thursday on proposed amendments to rules for the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims and Alternative Dispute Resolution process. ...Read More | |||
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Bar Association Hosting Comp Webinar | 08/02/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Orange County Bar Association is holding its second annual workers’ compensation webinar on Florida’s workers’ compensation law in August. ...Read More | |||
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Board Adopts Emergency Telemedicine Rules | 07/29/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced that it adopted emergency rules allowing telemedicine in some circumstances. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Charged With Premium Fraud | 07/27/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a New Jersey real estate improvement company was charged with providing false payroll information to lower his workers’ compensation premiums, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said in a statement. ...Read More | |||
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Builders Insurance Promotes Director to CFO, Treasurer | 07/13/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Atlanta-based Builders Insurance has promoted its director of accounting and finance to chief financial officer and treasurer, the company announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Posts Proposed Rule Changes for Comment | 07/08/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is seeking comments on proposed regulatory changes to address outdated modes of communication. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Sentenced for Comp, Tax Fraud | 07/07/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Massachusetts business owner convicted of paying workers cash under the table was ordered to pay $207,572 in restitution to workers’ compensation carriers at a sentencing hearing last week, federal prosecutors announced. ...Read More | |||
| Better Outcomes for Back Pain Treated Under Medical Guidelines | 06/22/2021 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A study by University of Utah Health and MDGuidelines researchers found that people with lower back pain injury miss 11 more days of work in a year when they only receive treatments for lower back pain that are not recommended by medical evidence-based guidelines compared with people treated acco...Read More | |||
