Workers' Compensation News


	Franchisors Are Not Employers, Says Bill Set for House Vote This Week		05/14/2018

	State: MO \| Segment: SOUTH \| 127 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	Another bill designed to clarify the employer-worker relationship in the modern age could pass a state legislature this week. ...Read More


	Fee Schedule Update Boosts Conversion Factor by 1.5%		05/04/2018

	State: WA \| Segment: WEST \| 179 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 318 min read
	Washington state medical providers who treat injured workers are getting a 1.5% pay raise, under a change in conversion factors included in an updated Department of Labor & Industries rule. ...Read More


	Firefighter Cancer Bill Heading to Governor		05/03/2018

	State: HI \| Segment: WEST \| 177 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 33 min read
	A bill that would allow the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to increase reimbursement rate for medical treatment provided to some firefighters with accepted cancer claims is heading to the desk of Gov. David Ige. ...Read More


	Frenzied Competition May Spark 'Irrational' Pricing, Some Predict		05/02/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 355 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	As the workers’ comp insurance line marks its third straight year of profitability, increasingly intense competition may begin to spark “irrational” pricing, an insurance company CEO said. ...Read More


	Forklift With Faulty Brakes Kept in Service for Seven Weeks, OSHA Alleges		04/30/2018

	State: OH \| Segment: NORTH \| 77 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 9 min read
	A national farm supply company has been issued federal safety citations after allegedly requiring employees to keep using a forklift even after a brake failure caused it to crash into a customer’s vehicle at a facility in Xenia, Ohio. ...Read More


	Federal Tax Cuts Prompt Proposed Rate Reductions in Five States		04/23/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 1120 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 27 min read
	Workers’ comp insurance rates, which have been falling steadily since early 2015, are getting an additional downward push due to the new federal tax law. ...Read More


	Former Judge Criticizes Proposed Nominating Rules		04/23/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: FL \| Segment: Top \| 217 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 595 min read
	The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings will likely have to postpone for a few days its publication of new rules governing the nomination of workers' compensation judges, thanks to the volume of public comments received from one interested party, the chief judge said. ...Read More


	Farmer Can't Sue Insurance Agent for Allegedly Negligent Advice		04/19/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NE \| Segment: NORTH \| 197 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 8 min read
	The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that a farm owner could not state a viable negligence claim against his insurance agent — who happened to be his aunt — for failing to advise him to purchase workers’ compensation insurance. ...Read More


	Federal Judge Allows Constitutional Challenge to Fee Schedule		04/17/2018

	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 220 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	A federal judge has cleared the way for a Georgia hospital to continue a constitutional challenge to Kentucky’s hospital fee schedule. J...Read More


	Fee Schedule May Not Make it Past Legislature, Stakeholders Say		04/13/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: FL \| Segment: Top \| 478 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 38 min read
	Proposed health care fee schedules released this week by the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation could boost outpatient surgery fees by 27% and raise medical costs by as much as $144 million, an analysis shows. ...Read More

4217 Results

Start
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Next
End

Page 2 of 422

Today's Round Up

NATL. - Church Mutual Appoints Assistant VP for Risk Control

06/21/2018 | 48 | 0 | 1 min read

Guy Russ Church Mutual Insurance Co. announced Wednesday the appointment of Guy Russ as assistant vice president of risk control. He will report to Kevin Root, executive vice president for operations. Church Mutual hired Russ in 2012 as director of program management. Since then, he has worked as information technology executive manager, assistant vice president of IT and assistant vice president of strategic resource management. Russ worked as a consultant for Church Mutual for four years before becoming an employee. Russ earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from Caroll C... Read More

NY - Contractor to Pay Restitution for Failure to Provide Coverage

06/21/2018 | 56 | 0 | 4 min read

An Upstate New York contractor was ordered to pay $8,500 in restitution and fines for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance during a siding and roof repair project in Aurelius, the online edition of The Citizen newspaper reported. Stephen Pollot, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty Tuesday to failure to provide coverage, a felony. He admitted that his business, D&S Home Improvements, failed to provide coverage for seven employees in June 2015. Cayuga County Chief Assistant District Attorney Chris Valdina told the newspaper that New York State Police launched an investigation a... Read More

RI - Division Again Cuts Assessment Fee

06/21/2018 | 57 | 0 | 1 min read

The Rhode Island Division of Workers' Compensation has proposed another reduction in the assessment fee that goes to run the division, the agency announced this week. The fee would drop, from 5.75% to 5.25%, and would mark the fourth straight year that the division has cut the fee. In 2015, the rate was 6.5%. Based on last year's numbers, the decrease is expected to save insurers and self-insured employers more than $1 million. Workers’ comp premiums are based on a company’s payroll. With the growth of the economy and more Rhode Islanders working, the premium base h... Read More

NATL. - AIA, PCI Plan Merger

06/21/2018 | 78 | 0 | 4 min read

The two largest workers' compensation insurance advocacy groups in the U.S. plan to merge, the groups announced Wednesday. The American Insurance Association (AIA) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association (PCI) have been active as lobbyists and advocacy groups on workers' compensation legislation and regulation around the country for years. “The respective boards of AIA and PCI believe there is great benefit in a more unified policy and advocacy voice for property-casualty insurers, given the unprecedented pace of change in the world and the resulting potential oppo... Read More

Featured Courses

Workers' Compensation Education more

CA - Large Minority of Claims Shops Still Lack URAC Accreditation as Deadline Looms
By Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)

871 views

ME - State's High Court Says Payment for Marijuana Can't Be Ordered
By Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)

603 views

Upcoming Events

Jun 21-22, 2018

The COMBINED BIG 2018 Fraud Fi

The Employersâ€™ Fraud Task Force, in Collaboration with the Southern California District At …
Jun 21, 2018

WCRI's Webinar: Impact of Opio

The Workers Compensation Research Institute's (WCRI) Bogdan Savych will host a half-hour webinar o …
Jun 28 – Jul 1, 2018

CAAA 2018 Summer Convention

Please join us for CAAAâ€™s 2018 Summer Convention at the DisneylandÂ® Hotel in sunny South …

Workers' Compensation Events more

Jobs

Workers' Compensation Jobs more

Connections

Groups

Community Requests