Workers' Compensation News
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Fraud Cleanup Starts Moving; Other Bills Heading to Governor's Desk | 09/11/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A key legislative committee passed a measure intended to close possible loopholes in last year’s fraud-fighting bills while California lawmakers sent to the governor bills addressing apportionment discrimination and the makeup of State Compensation Insurance Fund’s board of direc...Read More | |||
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Forged Insurance Certificate Brings Fraud Conviction Against Contractor | 09/08/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Georgia contractor was sentenced to eight years of probation, and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $3,748 in restitution after pleading guilty to a premium fraud charge, the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Former CHP Officer Gets 6 Months in Jail for Overstating Physical Limitations | 09/07/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former California Highway Patrol officer was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years' probation after pleading no contest to insurance fraud, according to the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Switch to Allegedly Safer Saw Wasn't Tantamount to Removal of Safety Guard | 09/06/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the failure to install a saw that allegedly had a better guard than the one that caused an injury was not tantamount to the removal of a safety guard on the first saw. ...Read More | |||
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Feud Sparked by Comp Claim Continues With Recusal Motion Against Judge | 09/06/2017 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Churchville attorney and an Augusta County Circuit Court judge are engaged in another legal dispute in a feud that began, in part, with a workers’ compensation case, a newspaper reported. ...Read More | |||
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FedEx Employee's Long-Running Psyche Claim Sent Back to CRB | 09/05/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that additional administrative proceedings were required before it could rule on the merits of a former FedEx employee’s long-running claim for benefits for her psychological condition. ...Read More | |||
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FLOIR Orders Guarantee Insurance to Stop Writing Business | 08/31/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Guarantee Insurance Co. has been placed under administrative supervision by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation and must stop writing new business, after FLOIR became concerned about the workers’ comp insurer’s finances. ...Read More | |||
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Fewer Opioids Prescribed to Injured Workers Following HB 1 | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fewer injured workers in Kentucky who were taking pain medications received opioids — and received smaller amounts on average — after the implementation of Kentucky’s House Bill 1, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Task Force Forming on Pain Management | 08/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking nominations for members to serve on a task force aimed at reviewing best practices for pain management. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Arrange Undercover Sting to Nab Malingering Postal Worker | 08/29/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal agents set up a sting that involved taking a malingering workers’ compensation claimant on a three-day kayaking trip as part of an effort to prove that she was lying about her inability to work following an injury. ...Read More | |||
