Workers' Compensation News
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Defendant in Labor Law Claim Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 10/17/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a municipal defendant should have been granted summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from installing conduit. ...Read More | |||
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Dog Day Care Facility to Pay $50,000 for Violating Whistleblower Protections | 10/10/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced that a dog day care facility in Boise, Idaho, was ordered to pay $50,000 for firing two employees who raised workplace safety concerns about the risk of COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Deloitte: Self-Driving Vehicles Could Cut Comp Premiums by $3B | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Advancements in self-driving technology could eliminate the need for hundreds of thousands of long-haul truckers over the next five years and eliminate several billion dollars in workers’ compensation premiums, according to an ...Read More | |||
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DOL Sets Annual Conference on Mine Safety | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor is holding its annual mine safety training event Tuesday and Wednesday in Beaver, West Virginia. The Training Resour...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedules | 10/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced adjustments to sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule that went into effect Sunday to account for changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Launches Education Courses on Med-Legal Report Writing | 10/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced new online educational courses intended to help physicians and others with writing medical-legal reports. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Adjustments to Physician, Practitioner Section of Fee Schedule | 10/02/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order incorporating changes made by Medicare into the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Presentation Shows Majority of Enforcement Efforts Target Insurers | 09/29/2023 | |
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| By: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An official with the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation recently provided an update on the agency’s compliance efforts that showed most enforcement operations target insurance carriers. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments | 09/28/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced that it posted an order adopting the latest Medicare quarterly file for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies. The order adopts Medicare’s updated DMEPOS file and rural ZIP code fi...Read More | |||
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DWS Proposes 6.5% Base Rate Decrease | 09/27/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services on Tuesday proposed a 6.5% average base rate decrease for 2024. ...Read More | |||
