Workers' Compensation News
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Claims Processing Administrative Cost Factor Edging Up in 2023 | 12/16/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the claims processing administrative cost factor for 2023 is 17.82%. The facto...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 12/15/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of part of an injured worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall at a construction site. Cas...Read More | |||
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Conspirator in Premium Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison | 12/15/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida man who conspired to pay construction workers off the books to fraudulently reduce workers’ compensation costs and payroll taxes was sentenced to four years and four months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $5.4 million in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Carisk Partners Completes Acquisition of Advanced Claims Review Specialists | 12/14/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Carisk Partners announced that it completed the acquisition of Advanced Claims Review Specialists, a medical cost containment company using evidence-based analysis of medical bills and records. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Summary Judgment for Worker Injured by Falling Beam | 12/14/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling beam should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits, Penalties, Attorney Fees to Dialysis Clinic Worker | 12/13/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees to a dialysis clinic worker for his injuries from an unwitnessed fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding Doctor Did Not Commit Fraud in Hiding Conviction | 12/09/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Tuesday overturned a judgment in favor a doctor that found he had not violated the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act by failing to disclose a decades-old criminal conviction when applying to become a qualified medical examiner for workers’ compensation cas...Read More | |||
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Court: Law Prof Who Accepted Benefits Can't Claim Injury Not Related to Work in Tort Claim | 12/09/2022 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal district court in the nation’s capital said a law school professor who claimed in an application for benefits that she was injured in the course of employment can’t now claim that she wasn’t injured in the course of employment to avoid the exclusive remedy of workers&r...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Claim Volume for Public Self-Insureds Up 35% | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that data from the state Office of Self-Insurance Plans shows that reported claim volume for public self-insured employers increased 35% in the most recent fiscal year despite a less than 1% increase in the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Determine Worker's Status as Employee or Contractor | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court dismissed an alleged employer’s appeal of a determination that a worker was an employee and not an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
