Workers' Compensation News
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Former SCIF Adjuster Appointed to Dept. of Human Resources
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10/22/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California Gov. Jerry Brown appointed former State Compensation Insurance Fund claims adjuster Steve Satake to serve as a labor relations officer at the Department of Human Resources.
Satake served as a labor relations specialist at the California Franchise Tax Board since 2013 and held a...Read More
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Fraud Defendant Indicted for Trying to Have Witnesses Killed
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10/21/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Northern California prison inmate, who has already been charged with workers' compensation premium fraud, embezzlement and other crimes, now faces additional charges of conspiring with fellow inmates to arrange for the killing of nine witnesses who were set to testify against him at an upco...Read More
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Fee Schedule Would Increase Reimbursement by 12.64%
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10/21/2014
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Changes to the Health Care Provider Fee Schedule proposed by the New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration would increase reimbursement rates by an average of 12.64%, according to a WorkCompCentral analysis.
Payment for 1,038 procedures would remain unchanged under the administr...Read More
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Former Williamson Mayor Sentenced to Probation for Lying to Investigators
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10/20/2014
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The former mayor of Williamson, West Virginia, was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $5,000 for lying to federal authorities about his role in a workers’ compensation fraud and bribery scheme in which a contractor sought to avoid paying payroll taxes, according to a U.S. Attor...Read More
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Federal Appeals Court Vacates Ex-Postal Worker's Sentence for Comp Fraud
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10/20/2014
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A federal appellate court vacated the 16-month prison sentence for a former postal worker who was convicted of workers' compensation fraud on the basis that his conduct had amounted to a misdemeanor, not a felony.
Case: United States v. Catone, No. 13-4663, 10/15/2014, published.
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Former Police Officer Sentenced for Comp Fraud
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10/20/2014
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer has pleaded guilty to perjury and felony workers’ compensation fraud, the state prosecutor’s office announced in a release.
Gilbert L. Payne falsely testified under oath at a workers’ compensation hearing in September ...Read More
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Feds Investigating Worker's Death at Halloween Attraction
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10/17/2014
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Federal workplace safety regulators are investigating whether a teenager killed at a Halloween attraction in Idaho was a worker or a volunteer and whether anyone else may be exposed to unsafe working conditions, according to media reports.
Jeremy McSpadden Jr., 18, was recruited to portra...Read More
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Former New London Cop Charged with Workers' Comp Fraud
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10/17/2014
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former New London police officer has been arrested and charged with one count of workers' compensation fraud for allegedly working while collecting workers’ comp benefits totaling more than $50,000.
David McElroy was arrested on Oct. 16 by inspectors from the Office of the Chi...Read More
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Four Guilty of Workers' Comp Fraud
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10/16/2014
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Four Ohio men have been convicted of, or have pleaded guilty to, workers’ compensation fraud.
In a Wednesday report, 19ActionNews.com said the four were apprehended as result of a September investigation by the Special Investigations Division of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensa...Read More
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