Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Add Coverage for Chiropractic Care Heads to Governor | 05/13/2020 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers unanimously approved a bill that would add chiropractic care to the list of services employers are required to provide to injured workers, sending it to Gov. Kevin Stitt. ...Read More | |||
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Boilermaker's Final Employer Can Shift Liability for Hearing Loss | 05/12/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s most recent employer is able to shift liability for his industrial hearing loss to a prior employer by demonstrating a reasonable medical probability that the earlier job was the sole cause of his condition. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Adopts New Medical Fee Schedules Showing Modest Increases | 05/11/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has adopted new fee schedules and reimbursement rules for ambulatory surgical centers and hospital outpatient services. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes PTSD Presumption for Emergency Medical Workers | 05/05/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Private sector emergency medical service providers who contract with the government would be entitled to a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable condition, under legislation recently introduced in the California Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Decides Claim Without Testimony From Treating Doctors | 04/28/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a construction worker’s claim, finding the Workers’ Compensation Board did not err in resolving the case without hearing testimony from two of the worker’s treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Seeks Rule Changes on Self-Insurer Assessment Rebates, Managed Care | 04/28/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is assessing several rules as part of its regular, five-year review of regulations, including a plan to provide rebates on assessments to self-insurers that utilize electronic payments and notifications. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Rebuttable Presumption for 'Critical Workers' | 04/24/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Heads of the policy committees that most frequently review proposed statutory changes to California’s workers’ compensation system are partnering on a bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 arises out of employment for so-called “critical workers.”...Read More | |||
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Business Groups File Suit Over Commission's COVID-19 Presumption Rule | 04/24/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two Illinois business groups have filed a lawsuit against the state Workers' Compensation Commission because of the agency's recent rulemaking that extends a presumption of coverage to a wide range of workers who may fall ill from COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Starts Sending $1.6B in Dividend Checks to Employers | 04/22/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday said it started sending dividend checks to employers and will put more than 170,000 checks in the mail by Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Board Wants Dedicated Emails, Other Changes for E-Filing | 04/21/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission is accepting comments on proposed changes to electronic filing procedures. The changes are n...Read More | |||
