Workers' Compensation News
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Fee Schedule Update Projected to Increase Costs by $4M | 04/09/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Changes to the Healthcare Provider Reimbursement Manual recommended by the Division of Workers’ Compensation will increase system costs by $4 million annually, according to an analysis by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Seek More Time to Determine Restitution in Pacific Hospital Cases | 04/02/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors are again asking for more time to determine whether conspirators in the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach spinal surgery kickback scheme can be ordered to pay restitution to insurance carriers or patients. ...Read More | |||
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Fall Hazards Lead to Another Round of Citations for Roofing Contractor | 03/27/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A roofing contractor that has been cited for safety violations seven times in the past five years is now facing $133,604 in proposed federal penalties for allegedly exposing workers to fall hazards at a work site in Birmingham, Alabama. ...Read More | |||
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Fair Health Will Again Help With Fee Schedule Update | 03/26/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fair Health has been chosen through a competitive bidding process to help update the Kentucky workers’ compensation fee schedule. Fair He...Read More | |||
| Four Double-Dippers Convicted in Past Month | 03/19/2018 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio man who was caught working in Colorado while collecting benefits for a 1991 work injury was one of four double-dippers who pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud in the past month, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said. ...Read More | |||
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Former Tenant of Warehouse Had No Liability to Worker Allegedly Injured by Falling Beam | 03/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the former tenant of a warehouse had no liability to a worker who was allegedly injured by a steel beam that fell years after the tenant had vacated the property. ...Read More | |||
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False Advertising Suit Against Philly Firm Dismissed | 03/14/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A federal judge has dismissed a false advertising suit against a Philadelphia law firm that was accused of advertising legal services that it did not actually provide. ...Read More | |||
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Four Comp Bills Up for Third Reading | 03/02/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A pair of bills that would give doctors a raise for treating firefighters with occupational cancer claims are among four bills up for a final vote in the Hawaii Senate and House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum to Run April 12-13 | 03/02/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The annual forum hosted by the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar and the Association of Workers' Compensation Professionals will take place April 12-13 in the greater Orlando area. ...Read More | |||
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Flight Attendant's Fall Occurred on Airline Employer's 'Premises' | 03/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an airline was liable for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to a flight attendant for her injuries in a fall while riding an airport shuttle bus. ...Read More | |||
