Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Rules Up for Review | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a handful of rules are up for review. The BWC said its claims procedure rule...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Limit Employment Protections for Medical Cannabis Users | 07/22/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania employers would be allowed to make adverse employment decisions against employees and job applicants who legally use medical cannabis, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
| BWC Opens Registration for Annual Medical and Health Symposium | 07/18/2024 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its 2024 Medical & Health Symposium being held in November. The free virtual event will focus on how technology in medicine is shaping the future for injured workers and medical professionals, the bureau said...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Treatment by Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners | 07/09/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Physician assistants and nurse practitioners would be authorized to treat injured federal workers under a bill being debated in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Reopens Safety Grant Programs; $35M Available | 07/02/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Monday said it reopened its safety grant program and that $35 million will be available to help employers purchase equipment to protect their workers in fiscal year 2025. ...Read More | |||
| BWC: 7% Rate Cut for Private Employers Takes Effect | 07/02/2024 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said a 7% rate cut for private employers took effect Monday. The 7% rate cut, which the BWC said would save employers about $67 million, was possible because of declining injury claims and relatively low medical inflation costs. Publi...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Comp Coverage for Public School Teachers | 06/21/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The first bill filed ahead of the 2025 legislative session would provide workers’ compensation benefits to Alabama’s public school teachers. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Extend Electronic Payment Authorization Emerges in Assembly | 06/13/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would prevent the sunsetting of a law allowing carriers to use debit cards to pay benefits emerged in the California Assembly. Assembl...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Raise Preauthorization Limit to $1,500 | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers are proposing to increase the threshold for determining whether certain medical procedures require prior approval and to prohibit using the list of pre-approved procedures to deny treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Board Abuses Discretion in Rejecting Carrier's Review Application | 05/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court said the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion in rejecting an insurance carrier’s application for review based on its failure to serve the Uninsured Employers' Fund with a copy. ...Read More | |||
