Workers' Compensation News
| CMS Adopts Reporting Penalty Rule with Maximum Fine of $365,000 per Claim | 10/23/2023 | ||
| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
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| The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently adopted new rules authorizing penalties of up to $1,000 per day, per claim, capped at $365,000 per year, for failure comply with mandatory reporting requirements. ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Temporary Total Disability Award to Worker with History of Multiple Hernias | 10/23/2023 | ||
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| A New York appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker with a history of multiple work-related hernias. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Properly Revisits Firefighter's Cancer Claim, Awards Benefits | 10/20/2023 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court upheld the Industrial Commission’s jurisdiction to revisit the denial of a cancer-stricken firefighter’s claim and its decision to award him benefits. ...Read More | |||
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College Professor Fails to Establish Claim of Injury | 10/20/2023 | |
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| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a college biology professor failed to prove his claim of injury. Case: Singleton v. Dillard...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Overturning Citation for Valley Fever Exposure Risk | 10/17/2023 | |
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| A California appellate court has ordered publication of its decision overturning a citation against a subcontractor for its alleged failure to protect workers from potential exposure to the fungus that causes valley fever. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Bulletin IDs Bills of Interest Enacted in 2023 | 10/17/2023 | |
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Monday published a bulletin identifying bills of interest to the state’s workers’ compensation community that were enacted this year. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Magistrate's Recommendation, Worker's Challenge to AWW | 10/17/2023 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court rejected an injured worker’s challenge to the calculation of his average weekly wage. Case: State e...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Injured Police Officer's Benefits Were Miscalculated | 10/17/2023 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a permanent partial disability award to an injured police officer, finding the Workers’ Compensation Commission had miscalculated the amount due after accounting for the credit due to his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Limits Reopening Claims for Multiple Injuries | 10/13/2023 | |
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| The Nevada Court of Appeals ruled that when a claimant seeks to reopen a claim that was accepted for multiple body parts, it can be reopened for only the parts for which a change of circumstances has been demonstrated. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Mandamus Action by State Trooper With Long-Haul COVID-19 | 10/13/2023 | |
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| The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed a former state trooper’s mandamus action seeking to compel the state to pay benefits after he became disabled by his long-haul COVID-19 symptoms. ...Read More | |||
