Workers' Compensation News
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Back Patients Report Lower Function Despite Physical Therapy | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured workers with low back pain whose injuries are covered by workers' compensation reported the lowest improvement in function following physical therapy compared to patients covered by all other payment systems, according to study released Tuesday by the Workers Compe...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Revise Third-Party Liability Standards | 02/14/2023 | ||
| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rhode Island lawmakers have filed legislation that would amend provisions in the state’s workers compensation’ law in cases involving third-party liability. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Debit Card Payments for Another Year | 02/09/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers would be allowed to continue using prepaid debit cards for indemnity benefits through the end of 2024, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Brendan Swift to Join ATF Medical as VP of Payer Partnerships and Marketing | 02/09/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ATF Medical, a national provider of complex rehab technology and accessibility solutions in workers’ compensation, announced that Brendan Swift will join the company as vice president of payer partnerships and marketing, effective Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow PTSD Benefits for First Responders | 02/08/2023 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would permit first responders to file workers’ compensation claims for post-traumatic stress disorder was filed in the Kansas Senate on Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Criteria, Deadline to Eliminate Court for Legacy Claims | 02/08/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma lawmakers are poised to debate a bill that would create criteria and a deadline for eliminating the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Use of Some Cumulative Trauma Claims for Ratemaking | 02/07/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit how cumulative trauma claims would affect insurance rates and includes language that holds previous employers liable. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Preserve Authority for SIF Surcharge | 02/03/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation would be able to assess employers and insurers a special surcharge to support the state’s Second Injury Fund through 2028, under recently introduced legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Firefighter Comp Cancer Presumption | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A legislative proposal in Utah would amend the state workers’ compensation law to create a rebuttable presumption for cancer diagnoses in firefighters and require the Division of Industrial Accidents to conduct a study regarding cancers typically associated with firefighting. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Provide Comp Coverage to National Guard Members | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Members of the National Guard would be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, under legislation recently introduced in the Kansas Legislature. ...Read More | |||
