Workers' Compensation News
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Former Hospital Exec Won't Be Released From Prison Despite COVID Concerns | 07/23/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Southern California hospital executive serving a prison sentence for fraud won’t be released early despite concerns over his exposure to COVID-19, a federal judge ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Forms Must Note Exact Nature of Injury, Board Says | 07/17/2020 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Starting Monday, applications for adjustment of claim that do not specify the nature of the injury will be considered incomplete and will have to be amended, the Indiana Workers' Compensation Board said in a bulletin. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighters Want Benefits if Sickened in Pandemic | 07/16/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Firefighters in one Texas city are urging officials to accept COVID-19 claims as compensable, work-related injuries, even without a statewide presumption law. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Disclose Church Activities Doesn't Warrant Forfeiture of Benefits | 07/15/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s failure to disclose the activities she performed for her church did not constitute a material misstatement. ...Read More | |||
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Fabric Manufacturer to Pay $200,000 in Penalties, Correct Workplace Hazards | 07/13/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that home and personal care fabric products manufacturer U.S. Nonwovens Corp. will address and correct hazards at its five manufacturing facilities in New York and pay $200,000 in penalties to resolve safety violations. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects RICO Claim Based on Alleged Fraud | 07/10/2020 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected a worker’s racketeering claim against her employer for the alleged practice of underpaying employees for overtime and underreporting payroll to the company’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Former Comp Doctor, Staff Indicted on Billing Fraud, Opioid Prescribing Charges | 07/01/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An internal medicine physician who was banned in 2017 from the Texas workers' compensation system has been indicted on fraud and illicit drug distribution charges. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Aviation Law Doesn't Bar State Regulation of Air Ambulance Rates | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A majority of the Texas Supreme Court ruled that federal aviation law does not bar the state from requiring that private insurance companies reimburse the fair and reasonable medical expenses of injured workers for air ambulance services. ...Read More | |||
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Forms Accepted Only Through Email, DIA Says | 06/23/2020 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Starting July 1, the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents will no longer accept certain forms through the mail, the department ...Read More | |||
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Federal Lawsuits by AGs, Cigna Charge Widespread Generic Price Fixing | 06/16/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Most states' workers' compensation laws now require that generic versions of medications be used when possible, a way of shaving costs for insurers and employers. ...Read More | |||
