Workers' Compensation News
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BWC Opens Enrollment Period for MCO Selection
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04/27/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The open enrollment period in which Ohio employers may select a workers’ comp managed care organization opens Monday and will run through 5:30 p.m. May 25.
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BWC Announces $1.5B Rebate
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04/25/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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For the fourth time in six years, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is poised to approve a $1 billion rebate to policyholders, except this time the bureau is upping the ante by $500 million.
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Bureau Adopts New Fee Schedules
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04/24/2018
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has finalized new medical fee schedules and an outpatient drug formulary, both of which will take effect May 1, the board announced.
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Board Strikes Two Doctors From Authorized WC Providers
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04/24/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The New York Workers Compensation Board has crossed two doctors off its list of providers after one resigned his authorization and another pleaded guilty to defrauding the system.
Dr. Marat Tsirlin on April 17 resigned his authorization to treat injured workers, and is now barred from pro...Read More
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Bill Would Prohibit Deferred Retirement Programs
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04/23/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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State lawmakers will hear testimony today on a bill that would prohibit counties and special districts throughout California from creating deferred retirement plans that are similar to a controversial program run by the City of Los Angeles that critics say is susceptible to abuse by particip...Read More
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Brandon Voelker Named KEMI Board Chairman
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04/23/2018
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Brandon Voelker has been elected chairman of the board for Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance, or KEMI, the state's largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance.
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Bill Would Put Asbestos Claims Back in Lap of WC
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04/16/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Five years after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took asbestos-related and other long-tail diseases out of the realm of workers' compensation, a bill in the General Assembly would put them back, in a move to relieve employers of expensive tort liability.
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