Workers' Compensation News
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Florida, Maryland Data Show No Claims Increase in First Months of Pandemic | 05/12/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If two eastern states' filings for March and April are any indication, the country's number of workers' compensation claims have not yet exploded because of the coronavirus. ...Read More | |||
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Fed Up With Rude Behavior to Staff, Chairman Orders One-Day Delay in File Processing | 05/07/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The strain of changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic may have begun to show in the Illinois workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Failure of Telemed Bill Seen as Discouraging Docs From Participating | 05/06/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just as providers and regulators across the country have expanded the use of telemedicine during the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania may have hit a stumbling block after a Senate bill regulating reimbursement of the practice was altered in the state House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
| Future Medical Exposure in COVID-19 Claims Now a Factor to Consider, Docs Say | 05/01/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Future medical exposure in COVID-19 claims may be greater than anyone had imagined, and settlement agreements need to consider the long-term consequences of the disease, an occupational medicine specialist and a psychiatrist said Thursday. ...Read More | |||
| Friedlander Group Announces 30% Dividend for Restaurant Safety Group | 05/01/2020 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Friedlander Group announced a 30% dividend paid to members of The United Restaurants of New York Workers’ Compensation Safety Group No. 556. The dividend comes on top of a 25% group discount already provided to businesses with policies in effect from Sept. 30, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019...Read More | |||
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Further Proceedings Needed to Determine Truck Driver's Entitlement to Neck Surgery | 04/24/2020 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that further proceedings were necessary to determine a truck driver's pre-existing condition and whether surgery was reasonable and necessary. ...Read More | |||
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Farm Bureau Ramps Up Opposition to COVID-19 Presumption | 04/23/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Farm Bureau Federation is asking its members to reach out to lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to try to prevent the creation of a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable condition for all essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Former Air Traffic Controller's Claim of Disability Discrimination | 04/22/2020 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of disability discrimination claims by a former air traffic controller against the Federal Aviation Administration and the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Actions, Pushback May Be Slowing Rush for More COVID-19 Presumptions | 04/21/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After a flurry of laws and emergency rules around the country made it easier for people to get workers' compensation benefits if they have COVID-19, increasing concerns from insurers and the passage of federal relief laws — and the potential for more — may be contributing to the l...Read More | |||
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Feinberg: Federal Virus Workers' Fund Would Need Hard Criteria, Transparency, Speed | 04/17/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Advocates of a federal fund designed to compensate victims of COVID-19 would face a host of thorny issues, from eligibility criteria to the amount of compensation, said the man who administered the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund and several other funds over the last 20 years. ...Read More | |||
