Workers' Compensation News
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Driver Ordered to Pay $7,200 in Restitution for Fraudulent Claim | 09/18/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that a Travis County district court ordered Ramon S. Flores to pay $7,200 in restitution after he was convicted of double dipping. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Issues Correction; TD Rate to Increase 3.8% | 09/17/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced that the temporary total disability rate will increase 3.8% next year, not more than 6% as the agency announced last week. ...Read More | |||
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Department Pitches Rules for When Insurers Deny Medical Bills | 09/17/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Almost a year after the Illinois General Assembly overrode the Republican governor's veto on Senate Bill 904, regulators proposed rules required by the law allowing physicians to sue insurers that don't pay their bills. ...Read More | |||
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DA's Court Filings Show Insurance Broker, Labor Finder Acknowledged Some Fraud | 09/13/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York insurance broker charged in an extensive payroll fraud scheme this month has admitted to providing fake insurance certificates and falsifying a labor broker's number of workers, according to court filings that shed new light on the case. ...Read More | |||
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David Perez Named Chief Underwriting Officer at Liberty Mutual | 09/11/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Liberty Mutual Insurance has appointed David Perez as chief underwriting officer, North America, for Global Risk Solutions. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Announces 8.4% Rate Cut for 2020 | 09/11/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon employers on average will pay 8.4% less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2020 compared to 2019, the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced. ...Read More | |||
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Death Benefits Increasing 4.6% Oct. 1 | 09/10/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that death benefits will increase 4.6% on Oct. 1 to account for the increase in the state’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Updates Inpatient Section of Fee Schedule | 09/09/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday adopted changes to the inpatient hospital section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. Changes to the fee schedule will apply to services provided on or after Nov. 1, the...Read More | |||
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DWC Revises Form to Allow Advanced Nurses to Sign Off on Work Status | 09/09/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has revised its work-status form so that advanced-practice nurses may complete the information for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Hip and Groin Guidelines | 09/06/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted new guidelines for treating workers with hip and groin injuries. The division on Thu...Read More | |||
