Workers' Compensation News
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Deputy Sheriff Asserts Timely Claim for Additional Benefits | 11/18/2019 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a “linguistic technicality” did not bar the Workers’ Compensation Commission from finding that an injured deputy sheriff had timely asserted a claim for additional benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Discount Rate on Settlements Drops Sharply for 2020 | 11/18/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The discount rate used to calculate lump-sum settlements will drop sharply beginning in January, the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims announce...Read More | |||
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DWC Extends Comment Period on Work-Status Report Rules | 11/15/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation has extended the deadline for public comments on rules that would govern how nurse practitioners can sign off on work-status reports. ...Read More | |||
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DeSantis Names Scott's Counsel to Comp Judge Nominating Commission | 11/15/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Ron DeSantis has reappointed three members and named one new member to the commission that vets and nominates people to be workers' compensation judges. ...Read More | |||
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Donelon Approves 8.4% Loss Cost Decrease | 11/11/2019 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Louisiana's insurance commissioner has approved an average 8.4% decrease in loss costs, effective in May 2020. ...Read More | |||
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DWC: Injury Rate Fell in 2018; Missed Work Days Increased | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| More than a quarter of the nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported by private-sector employers in 2018 resulted in days away from work, according to a report the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation published Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Democratic Victories May Bring 'Incremental' Changes for Workers' Comp | 11/07/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A blue wave that swept through Kentucky and Virginia on Tuesday has given Democrats more control over those states' workers' compensation systems and could result in at least some changes in judges, a cancer presumption law and new retaliation prohibitions. ...Read More | |||
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Drug Price Task Force Meeting Nov. 20 | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Reducing Prescription Drug Prices will discuss during a Nov. 20 meeting ongoing litigation, pharmaceutical supply chains, and state and federal efforts to ensure access to affordable medications. ...Read More | |||
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Department Reschedules Hearing to Update Formulary | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Department of Labor and Industry is holding a public hearing in December to discuss rules that would update the ODG drug formulary for prescriptions written on or after Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Drainage Contractor Found Guilty of Manslaughter | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a drainage construction company has been convicted of manslaughter, three years after two workers were killed when a trench collapsed and flooded in Boston. ...Read More | |||
