Workers' Compensation News
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Board Issues Final Rules for Acupuncturists, Others to Become Authorized Providers | 09/16/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has adopted final rules governing how acupuncturists, chiropractors, nurse practitioners and others can apply to ...Read More | |||
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Behind the Manhattan Skyline, Millions of Dollars in Payroll Fraud, Prosecutors Say | 09/09/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| His company's annual payroll wasn't $70,000. It may have been more like $18 million per year. And those certificates of insurance? Most...Read More | |||
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Bellingham Company Fined for Asbestos, Lead Violations | 09/09/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A property management company in Bellingham has been cited for alleged safety violations involving improper handling of asbestos and lead. Day...Read More | |||
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Board Offers Tutorial Video on Medical Portal for Formulary, Authorization | 08/30/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers' Compensation Board is offering a tutorial video, showing medical providers how to use a new web-based portal to submit medical information and access board notices. ...Read More | |||
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Beecher Carlson Expands National Healthcare Practice | 08/28/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Specialized large account insurance broker Beecher Carlson Insurance Services LLC announced the expansion of its National Healthcare Practice with the addition of industry veterans Shawn Smith, Kevin Junod and Nick McKloskey. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Raises Prize Money for Safety Innovation Awards | 08/27/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has increased the prize amounts for safety innovation, the bureau ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Medicare Set-Aside Appeal Process | 08/26/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would establish a process for appealing the federal government’s determination of Medicare set-aside amounts, and make other changes to the MSA process, has been introduced in Congress. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Cuts Public Employer Premium Rates | 08/26/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation followed through on a proposal to reduce premium rates for public employers by an average of 10% next year. ...Read More | |||
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Blodgett Named to New ALJ Position | 08/23/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oklahoma has added a new administrative law judge position, and a workers' compensation defense attorney will fill the slot next month. ...Read More | |||
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Board Says Workers Should Not Be Asked to Pay New Opioid Tax | 08/22/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board is reminding health care providers and drugmakers that a new tax on opioids should not be passed on to injured workers or insurance carriers. ...Read More | |||
