Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Increase Weekly Benefit, Cap Duration, Impose Formulary
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02/14/2018
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State: KY | Segment: Top | 312 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 105 min read
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Nearly a year after workers’ compensation reforms failed to pass the Kentucky Senate, a lawmaker again is making a run at legislation that would mandate a drug formulary, medical treatment guidelines and a 15-year cap on permanent partial disability medical benefits.
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Board Adds and Removes Authorized Medical Providers
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02/14/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 155 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read
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The Workers’ Compensation Board has removed 85 providers and added 62 on the list of those authorized to treat injured workers and to perform independent medical examinations (IMEs).
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Board Properly Excluded Expert's Opinion
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02/13/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 166 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that a medical expert’s failure to comply with the provisions governing independent medical examination properly resulted in his opinion being excluded from consideration by the Workers’ Compensation Board.
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Bill Would Add Cancers to Firefighter Presumption Law
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02/09/2018
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 190 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 143 min read
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A panel of Virginia lawmakers late Thursday considered legislation that would provide firefighters with more of a cancer presumption.
The The House Appropriations’ Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee had not posted any votes on the bill by WorkCompCentral’s dead...Read More
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Bill Would Beef Up Information-Sharing in Fraud Cases
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02/08/2018
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 680 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read
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Legislation was introduced in the California Assembly on Tuesday that would require government agencies to release information on workers’ comp fraud investigations to other agencies when requested.
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Bill Would Remove Tort Option for Bad-Faith Cases
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02/08/2018
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State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 176 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 35 min read
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A proposed bill would force the state Department of Labor and Regulation to decide whether insurers or employers have acted in bad faith, removing the tort option for claimants.
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Brooklyn Bar Cited for Lack of Comp Coverage
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02/06/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 162 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read
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A Brooklyn bar that was home to three knife attacks in less than a year has been shut down and fined $54,495 for not carrying mandatory workers’ compensation coverage and disability benefits.
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