Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Updates Start Times for Virtual Committee Meetings | 08/19/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Start times for Thursday committee meetings of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation have been updated. All meetings will be held ...Read More | |||
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Benchmarking Study Seeks Input From Claims Leaders | 08/18/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rising Medical Solutions has launched its Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study for 2020 and seeks input from claims management professionals. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Board of Directors to Meet Friday | 08/18/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Board of Directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation convenes for its regular monthly meeting Friday via virtual technology. ...Read More | |||
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Board Should Have Ordered Benefits Paid in Landmark Case, Attorneys Say | 08/17/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court refuses to reconsider what insurers call an “astonishing” reversal of precedent, a ruling that moves a family one step closer to collecting the remaining comp benefits for a worker who died of natural causes. ...Read More | |||
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Board Fails to Provide Adequate Analysis Before Rejecting Claim as Time-Barred | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board failed to adequately explain its conclusion that an injured police officer’s claim was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Proposes Rule Changes to Outpatient Formulary, Provider Credentialing | 08/06/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has proposed several rule changes, from extension of a pilot program on provisional treatment reimbursement to outpatient formulary amendments....Read More | |||
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Bradford and Barthel Announces Appointments to Diversity Positions | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Law Offices of Bradford and Barthel announced that partners Fariba Jafary and Rosa Sanchez-Ervin have been promoted to two positions the firm says will encourage and support diversity in the workers’ compensation community. ...Read More | |||
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Business Group Says Presumption Order Could Increase Costs 238% | 07/28/2020 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A business group has reacted swiftly to Gov. Ned Lamont's COVID presumption order, saying it will cost employers dearly long after the pandemic has run its course, potentially increasing workers' compensation costs by 238%. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Set Up Construction Fatality Registry, Allow Therapy Assistants to Treat | 07/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two bills that moving in the New York Legislature could ultimately affect workers and workers' compensation. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Seeks Comments on Hospital Inpatient, Provider Sections of Fee Schedule | 07/24/2020 | |
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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 inpatient and professional provider fee schedules. ...Read More | |||
