Workers' Compensation News
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Board Removes Five Firms From List of IME Providers | 03/30/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has barred five firms from providing any more independent medical exams. The board did not give...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Dismisses Application for Review | 03/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly dismissed an insurance carrier’s application for review because the company did not specify the date of the hearing at which it had raised its objection. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Dismisses Carrier's Incomplete Applications for Review | 03/25/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a carrier’s failure to complete its application for review by the Workers' Compensation Board warranted dismissal of the case. ...Read More | |||
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Board Revises Treatment Guidelines for Hips, Elbows, Feet, Lungs | 03/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After receiving comments from stakeholders, the New York Workers' Compensation Board has revised its proposed medical treatment guidelines for injuries to hips, groins, feet, ankles and elbows, and for interstitial lung disease. ...Read More | |||
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Board to Reopen SLU/Non-SLU Claims After Arias, Fernandez Court Rulings | 03/17/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In keeping with three landmark court decisions this year, the New York Workers' Compensation Board has moved swiftly to change its approach to claims filed by workers who have schedule and nonschedule losses of use. ...Read More | |||
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Bill That Would Allow 911 Dispatchers to File PTSD Claims Moves Toward Finish Line | 03/16/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Colorado bill that would allow emergency dispatchers and other employees to file claims of post-traumatic stress disorder for overhearing traumatic events is one step closer to becoming law. ...Read More | |||
| BWC Board Meeting Canceled Because of Coronavirus | 03/13/2020 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The board of directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has canceled its meetings today and Friday because of the growing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued an order earlier this week prohibiting all in-state, non-mission-critical tr...Read More | |||
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Bloomberg: Tesla Underreported Workplace Injuries to Cal/OSHA | 03/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Electric-car maker Tesla failed to include hundreds of workplace injuries in annual summaries it sent to government regulators last year, according to a ...Read More | |||
| BWC Cancels Safety Conference Over Coronavirus Concerns | 03/10/2020 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that it canceled its annual safety conference due to concerns surrounding COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus disease. The 2020 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo was schedu...Read More | |||
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Board Changes Formulary to Allow HIV Drugs After 30 Days | 03/10/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has made emergency changes to its drug formulary so that anti-retroviral drugs can be available for more than the first 30 days after an injury. ...Read More | |||
