Workers' Compensation News


	Emergency Rule Published on Self-Insurance for Jockey Fund		03/01/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 239 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 18 min read
	The New York Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted an emergency rule that gives the Jockey Fund the option to self-insure for workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More


	Employer Won't Challenge Ruling on Availability of PTD Benefits		02/26/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: OK \| Segment: SOUTH \| 290 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 84 min read
	An Oklahoma employer will not be challenging a unanimous Workers’ Compensation Commission decision from last month that held the employer liable for the payment of permanent total disability compensation to an injured worker. ...Read More


	Employer Can't Approve Treatment by Provider Other Than Worker's Authorized Doctor		02/21/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 290 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 28 min read
	Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that an employer cannot authorize treatment for a worker but insist that a doctor other than the worker’s authorized physician perform the treatment. ...Read More


	Employer May Present Evidence That Worker Blamed Injury on Dog		02/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MT \| Segment: WEST \| 312 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a store clerk could not bar her employer from introducing reports that she indicated she had injured her shoulder by falling over a dog. ...Read More


	Ex-Doctor to Spend 8 Years in Prison for Overbilling, Writing Unlawful Opioid Scripts		02/13/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 284 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 14 min read
	A former Kentucky doctor will spend eight years in prison after admitting to prescribing opioids to more than a dozen people who didn’t need them, the U.S. Department of Justice announced last week. ...Read More


	Ex-Janitor To Spend 30 Days In Jail, Pay $40K Restitution Over Comp Fraud		02/12/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 814 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 175 min read
	A former janitor at the Sacramento City Unified School District will spend 30 days in county jail and five years on probation after pleading no contest to felony insurance fraud, the Sacramento County District Attorney ...Read More


	Employers Can Get Credit for Social Security Benefits		02/12/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: ME \| Segment: NORTH \| 272 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 20 min read
	In a case of first impression, Maine's high court ruled that an employer paying workers' comp benefits is entitled to a credit against its liability to account for overpayments previously made while the employee was receiving Social Security retirement benefits. Case: Urrutia...Read More


	EK Health Names Kerri Wilson President, COO		02/07/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 623 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 39 min read
	EK Health Services Inc., a provider of workers' compensation managed care services, has named Kerri Wilson as its president and chief operating officer. ...Read More


	Employer Waited Too Long to Challenge Ruling on Doctor Panel		02/07/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 262 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals declined to consider the merits of a dispute over whether an employer had to provide an injured worker with a panel of physicians from which she could select a new authorized treatment provider. ...Read More


	Electronic Records System Launch Set for October		02/06/2018

	State: KS \| Segment: SOUTH \| 250 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 75 min read
	The Kansas Division of Workers Compensation is inching ever closer to the October launch of its electronic records system. Contractor CapTec...Read More

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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 28 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 16 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 19 | 0

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 58 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 87 | 0 | 47 min read

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

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