Workers' Compensation News
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DOT Employee Double Dipped While Checking State Info on Competitors | 10/11/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Not only was he working while collecting benefits, but a New York transportation worker used his position with state government to obtain privileged information on his competitors. ...Read More | |||
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Department Proposes Rules on New Treatment Guidelines | 10/10/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims will hold a public hearing Nov. 21 and will accept written comments until Nov. 30 on proposed new regulations that would implement medical treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Lowers Benefit Fund Assessment | 10/09/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced that the Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment will drop to 2.2 cents per hour worked in 2020. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Update to Pathology Fee Schedule | 10/08/2019 | ||
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted an order adjusting the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule, or OMFS. The update is in response to changes in the Medicare payment system for the fourth quarter of this year. ...Read More | |||
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DOI Approves 6.2% Rate Decrease for 2020 | 10/08/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance has approved a 6.2% decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts Updates to Physician, Outpatient Fee Schedules | 10/07/2019 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted adjustments to its Official Medical Fee Schedule for physician and non-physician practitioner services. DWC on Friday also posted adjustments to the OMFS for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical centers.&...Read More | |||
| DWC Proposes Changes to Diagnostic Lab Payments | 09/27/2019 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing to update codes and reimbursement rates for diagnostic laboratories. The division on Thursday announced its plans to strike the regulatory language in Rule 18, Exhibit 8 and replace it with new wording to update codes ...Read More | |||
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Doerries Named to Workers' Comp Commission | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week named an insurance defense lawyer to the state Workers' Compensation Commission, the commission announced. ...Read More | |||
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Dr. Amy Harper Appointed to National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Dr. Amy Harper was appointed to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, a 12-member panel that advises the secretaries of the Labor, and Health and Human Services departments. ...Read More | |||
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Dairy Fined $1.8M for Numerous Safety Violations at Bottling Plant | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries fined a dairy $1,848,000 for 22 willful violations at its bottling plant outside Vancouver. ...Read More | |||
