Workers' Compensation News
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Four Workers in Separate Cases Plead Guilty to Compensation Fraud | 04/10/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former coal miner must pay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation more than $40,000 after investigators found him creating phony employment records to secure BWC cash benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Former Seahawks Player Shares Comp Case Details Amid Fight Over NFL Painkiller Abuse | 04/10/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Jerry Wunsch has shared details of his workers' compensation claim against the National Football League, which is embroiled in a legal fight over its allegedly excessive dispensation of pain medications, the Seattle Times reported. ...Read More | |||
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Finding Best Fit Is Key to Artificial Limbs | 04/06/2017 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Advancement in artificial limb technology is good news for those who have lost an arm or leg. But the technology can also be confusing to those ma...Read More | |||
| Frentzen, Roberts Join Penn Community Insurance | 04/05/2017 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Penn Community Insurance has added insurance industry veterans Peter Frentzen and Robert J. Roberts to its staff. Frentzen and Roberts will work with Penn Community President Michael Meeneghan, who joined the company last year. Penn Community Insurance offers personal and commer...Read More | |||
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Four Comp-Related Bills Scheduled for Senate Committee Hearings Monday | 03/31/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will hear three workers’ compensation bills on Monday, including one that aims to address a court decision declaring Florida’s attorney fee schedule unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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Fortier, Ontaneda Named Branch Managers at Next Level | 03/30/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Next Level Administrators, a workers’ compensation claims and program administration firm, has appointed two branch managers. Kathy Forti...Read More | |||
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Former Claim Manager Indicted on Charges of Sending Comp Claim Payments Home | 03/24/2017 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal grand jury has indicted a Pennsylvania woman on charges that she sent herself payments while managing a workers' compensation claim for a carrier, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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FDA Panel Voices Concern About Abuse of Extended-Release Opioid | 03/23/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The benefits of Opana ER, a long-acting opioid pain killer, no longer outweigh its risks, two advisory committees to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided in a joint meeting last week. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter's Appeal of Retirement Benefit Decision Was Time-Barred | 03/23/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a firefighter was time-barred from appealing a denial of his request for extraordinary disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appeals Court Revives Air Ambulance Carrier's Challenge to Reimbursement | 03/22/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday revived an air ambulance carrier's challenge to the Texas comp system's ability to control the cost of the carrier's services. ...Read More | |||
