Workers' Compensation News
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Evaluation of Network Care Among Comments on Medical Quality Audit Plan | 02/04/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| One Texas attorney believes injured workers should get the same treatment in-network as those out of network, and that there shouldn’t be a cookie-cutter method to treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Transfer Liability for Worker's 21-Year Old Respiratory Injury to Special Fund | 02/04/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer could not transfer liability for a worker's respiratory ailments from a 1995 on-the-job accident to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases. ...Read More | |||
| Epic Welcomes New Hospitality Practice Leader for West Region | 02/01/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, announced that Renée Crow has joined the firm as vice president and West region hospitality practice leader. Crow has specialized in risk management and insurance se...Read More | |||
| Edwards Administration Mum on Formulary, Treatment Guideline Plans | 01/29/2016 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three weeks after the inauguration of Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Workforce Commission on Wednesday announced that the chief judge for the Office of Workers’ Compensation will take over as director of the agency. But the administration isn’t saying whether it wil...Read More | |||
| Employers Reminded to Post Annual Work Injury and Illness Summaries | 01/28/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers have to post a summary of work-related injuries and illnesses from the last year for two months starting Feb. 1. The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, often called Cal-OSHA, on Tuesday published a reminder about the requirement to post a list of all injuries...Read More | |||
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Ex-Mod Worksheets Available on Rate Bureau's Website | 01/27/2016 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Rate Bureau has augmented its Experience Mod Lookup web application so that carriers who are not the insurer of record can access employers experience rating worksheets from within the state online. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Get Offset From Worker's PTD Award | 01/25/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that an assembly line worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits for an on-the-job back injury, but that his employer was entitled to an offset of its liability to account for the benef...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity and Timeliness Barred Nurse's Personal Injury Claim Against Veterans Home | 01/22/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a nurse's claim for injury arising from her exposure to second-hand smoke while working as a nurse at a veterans home must be brought through the workers' compensation system, not as a civil suit. ...Read More | |||
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Express Scripts Sued by Compounding Pharmacies | 01/22/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Six compounding pharmacies have filed a lawsuit in federal court against Express Scripts, accusing the company and other pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to boycott the pharmacies to put them out of business and reduce competition. ...Read More | |||
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Editorial: Budget and Comp Standoff Unlikely to End Before Election | 01/19/2016 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Election year politics could prolong the budget and workers' compensation reform standoff between Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan, according to an editorial published by the Decatur Herald and Review. ...Read More | |||
