Workers' Compensation News
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Barb Fuchs Joins CopperPoint as Data Management SVP | 08/21/2019 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has hired Barb Fuchs as senior vice president of data management. Fuchs will lead CopperPoint’s enterprise d...Read More | |||
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BWC Posts Proposed Changes to Fee Schedule for Hospitals | 08/20/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After a review of its medical fee schedule for hospital inpatient services, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is making a few changes. ...Read More | |||
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Bicklein Case Appears Headed for Trial After Plea Talks Fail | 08/14/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A San Antonio claimants' attorney, indicted three years ago in connection with the Forest Park hospital kickback scheme, may soon be headed to trial after plea negotiations fell through. ...Read More | |||
| Board Needs Insurer Contact Info for Web-Based Drug Authorization | 08/08/2019 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board is reminding insurers and self-insurered employers that starting Sept. 1, they must provide contact information for the drug formulary system. ...Read More | |||
| Board Switching to Universal Form for Doctor Billing, Reports; Offers Training Video | 08/07/2019 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| To reduce paperwork and perhaps spur more participation by doctors in the treatment of injured workers, the New York Workers' Compensation Board has adopted a more-universal form for billing and reports, the board announced. ...Read More | |||
| Burned Janitor Wins Big Settlement for Comp and for Tort Claim | 08/06/2019 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In many workers' comp claims involving a temporary staffing agency, the end-client company is quick to argue the temp firm was the employer and must be responsible for any benefit payments. ...Read More | |||
| Branstad Wants Verdict Thrown Out in Gay-Discrimination Case by Comp Commissioner | 08/06/2019 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Calling the case against him a “political circus,” a lawyer for former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has asked a court to set aside a $1.5 million verdict that found that Branstad discriminated against the state's former workers' compensation commissioner. ...Read More | |||
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Board Hopes to Add Arm, Leg and Lung Injuries to Treatment Guidelines | 08/02/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board is proposing extensive new medical treatment guidelines for injuries to the ankle, foot, hip, groin, elbow and for interstitial lung disease. ...Read More | |||
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Benefits Offered to 1950s-Era Workers at Uranium Ore Station | 07/30/2019 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal government is offering compensation to workers at a South Dakota uranium ore buying station who may have become sick as a result of exposure to toxic materials on the job. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Plans to Cut Local Gov't Premiums by 10% | 07/29/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing another premium cut, this one for local governments and schools. ...Read More | |||
