Workers' Compensation News
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Formulary Rules Still in Development as Implementation Deadline Passes | 07/06/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation was still working on revisions to formulary rules proposed in March as the July 1 implementation deadline set by California lawmakers came and went. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedules Reduce Payments for Hospital Outpatient Surgeries, WCRI Finds | 06/30/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| States without a workers’ compensation fee schedule generally paid more for hospital outpatient surgeries, according to a new report, but of five reimbursement models studied, the lack of a fee schedule wasn’t necessarily the worst. ...Read More | |||
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Former Middle School Worker Charged With Work Comp Fraud | 06/27/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A 28-year-old man has been charged with workers' compensation fraud for allegedly working at a middle school, without disclosing the income, while receiving out-of-work benefits for an injury sustained at a treatment facility for at-risk youth, ...Read More | |||
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Firefighters, Cops Pushing for Expansion of Disability Retirement | 06/27/2017 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Firefighters and police officers in Rhode Island are hoping that lawmakers expand their disability retirement program to include illnesses before the legislative session adjourns this week, ...Read More | |||
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FDA Meeting to Focus on Abuse-Deterrent Opioids | 06/23/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will host a public workshop on July 10-11 to discuss methods for evaluating the impacts of abuse-deterrent opioids. ...Read More | |||
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Former Cable TV Executive Named to Workers' Compensation Board | 06/23/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state Senate on Wednesday confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appointment of a former cable television executive to the state Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Fatal Trench Collapse Leads to $714K in Fines Against Plumbing Company | 06/21/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A plumbing contractor in Blue Springs, Missouri, is facing proposed fines of $714,142 after a worker died in a trench collapse at a residential construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Falling Rates Make Golden State Less of an Outlier | 06/19/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Falling rates charged to employers in recent years have reduced the disparity in the cost of workers’ compensation coverage in California compared to other states, but if charged rates fully reflected the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s advisory loss costs, the G...Read More | |||
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Fall On Scaffold, Not Off, Brings No Cause of Action Under Law | 06/19/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A worker who did not fall off a scaffold, but instead suffered a seizure and collapsed on the scaffold, does not have a cause of action under New York state’s scaffold law, the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Former Legislative Counsel Named Workers' Compensation Director | 06/16/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Nathan Deal has nominated the former House majority caucus counsel as a director to the three-member Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
