Workers' Compensation News
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Board Adds Psychotherapy Codes for Telemedicine During Pandemic | 07/23/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has tweaked its rules for telemedicine to provide new billing codes for psychotherapy services during the coronavirus pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Benchmark Holding Co. to Acquire 7710 Insurance Co. | 07/20/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Benchmark Holding Co. announced an agreement to acquire 7710 Insurance Co.; its program manager, 7710 Service Co.; and its agency, Creekwood Insurance Agency. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Posts Extensive Changes to Appeals Rules | 07/20/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation is set to adopt extensive changes to the rules that govern appeals of judges' decisions and orders. ...Read More | |||
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Beshear Hopes Courts Will Protect His Presumption, Other COVID Orders | 07/20/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is pushing back on court challenges to his executive orders during the pandemic, including his sweeping workers' compensation presumption order for essential employees. ...Read More | |||
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Board Moves to Extend Family Leave for COVID Cases | 07/14/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Yorkers still on the job should have more time to file for paid family leave when a loved one falls ill from COVID-19, the Workers' Compensation Board said last week. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owner Ordered to Pay Nearly $3k in Premium Fraud Case | 07/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California business owner was ordered to pay nearly $3,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to defrauding his insurance carrier by paying an employee off the books, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Board's New Medical Policy Director Too Cozy With Employers, Insurers, Attorneys Charge | 07/06/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board dropped what some worker advocates are calling another bombshell amidst the agency's long-simmering hostilities with some members of the claimants' bar. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can't Audit Bills Submitted by Carrier but Can Be Liable for Interest | 07/02/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that the Workers' Compensation Second Injury Board is not entitled to audit the medical bills submitted by an insurance carrier for reimbursement and that it can be held liable for interest on an award. ...Read More | |||
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Board Names Gordon, Tacci to Medical Director Office | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has added two physicians to its medical director's office. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces Judge Reappointments | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that Administrator Abbie Hudgens reappointed seven judges to the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims. ...Read More | |||
