Workers' Compensation News
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Division Extends SROI Amnesty Program Through March | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation extended through the end of March an amnesty program intended to allow claims administrators to come into compliance with requirements for reporting Subsequent Reports of Injury data. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Sets Tax and Surcharges for 2018 | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation is reminding insurers, self-insured employers, group trusts, and third-party administrators of the administrative tax and administrative and Second Injury Fund surcharges for 2018. ...Read More | |||
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Defense Attorney Elliot Borska Named WCJ | 11/27/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense attorney Elliot Borska has been named a workers’ compensation judge in the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s Marina Del Rey district office, his law firm announced. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Suspends Nine Providers Convicted of Fraud | 11/22/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nearly 100 medical providers have been kicked out of California’s workers’ compensation system since the start of the year. The Divisio...Read More | |||
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Dept. of Children & Family Services Investigators Face Dangerous Work Environment | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| At least 12 employees of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services have been attacked or seriously threatened as they entered homes since 2013, a Chicago Tribune records an...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Revisions to Form-005 | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comments until 5 p.m. Central Dec. 1 on proposed informal revisions to Form-005, Notice of No Coverage or Termination of Coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Doctor Accused of Distributing Oxycodone Indicted on 29 Felony Charges | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Hillsboro, Ohio, physician was hit with 29 felony charges this month connected to the illegal sale of oxycodone, according to an indictment against him released Nov. 7. ...Read More | |||
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Deckhand on Riverboat Casino Didn't Qualify as Seaman Under Jones Act | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a deckhand injured while working aboard a riverboat casino was not a seaman covered by the Jones Act because the boat was not a vessel covered by the maritime law. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Launches Training Online Training for QMEs | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday launched its second free online course covering the qualified medical evaluator process. ...Read More | |||
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DA Dismisses Charges Against Collections Manager in Landmark Case | 11/16/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Orange County District Attorney’s Office dismissed charges against a collections manager for Landmark Medical Management who had immunity after being compelled to testify in front of a grand jury. ...Read More | |||
