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Workers' Compensation News

 
HM Insurance Appoints Senior VP for Strategy and Marketing 10/24/2014
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
HM Insurance group announced Thursday it has hired Mark Nave as senior vice president for strategy & marketing. Nave replaces Matt Rhenish, who was named president and chief operating officer of the company earlier this year. Nave will lead strategic planning, product development, mar...Read More
 
 
High Court: Substantial Evidence Supported PTD Award under Odd-Lot Doctrine 10/20/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday reinstated an award of permanent total disability benefits to a 54-year-old welder with a chronic lung condition based on the odd-lot doctrine, continuing a trend in finding substantial evidence to support the decisions of the state Workers' Compensa...Read More
 
 
Healthcare Services Moves Comp, Employee Benefits to Captive 10/16/2014
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Healthcare Services Group said in a press release that it will transition its workers' compensation and some employee benefits programs to its New Jersey-based captive, HCSG Insurance Corp. The housekeeping and laundry firm, based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, employs more than 35,000 ar...Read More
 
 
Helios Study Touts Drug Testing, but Experts Warn of another Cost Driver 10/15/2014
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
While the U.S. engages in a broad effort to reduce opioid prescriptions, new research suggests that workers’ compensation payers can reduce drug costs after drugs are prescribed. Helios, a pharmacy benefit management company, ...Read More
 
 
Hotel Housekeeper's Fall on Laundry Room Stairs Was Compensable 10/13/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
An Arkansas appellate court ruled that a hotel housekeeper's fall on the stairwell leading to the facility's laundry room was compensable, regardless of whether she was carrying her own food to a refrigerator in the laundry room, since she was still advancing her employer's interests ...Read More
 
 
Hearing Scheduled for Proposed Injury Treatment Guidelines 10/13/2014
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing next month to take testimony on proposed guidelines for treating shoulder injuries. Guidelines proposed by the division outline the diagnostic and follow-up testing procedures for treating workers with shoulder ...Read More
 
 
Hub Acquires Springfield-Area Brokerages 10/10/2014
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Hub International, an international brokerage, has acquired Field Eddy and Your Choice Insurance Agency to expand its presence in central and western Massachusetts. The two companies, collectively branded as FieldEddy, will bring Hub business in the education, health care and oil and gas ...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Worker Can't Be Reimbursed in Full for Excessive Travel to Distant Pharmacy 10/09/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker's 24 trips in just over two months, to fill her prescriptions from a pharmacy over 78 miles from her home, were excessive. Case: Burkhamer v. AT&T Corp., No. 13-0521, 09/29/2014, published. Facts: Carolyn S. Bur...Read More
 
 
HEMIC Creates Scholarship Program 10/07/2014
State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other
Hawaii Employers' Mutual Insurance Co. is sponsoring a scholarship program for students pursuing a business degree through the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Robert L. Dove Jr. Endowed Scholarship for Insurance Excellence is named after HEMIC'...Read More
 
 
Haley Spokesman Accuses Opponent of Conflict of Interest 10/07/2014
Source: The Post and Courier
State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
South Carolina’s Democratic candidates for governor and a U.S. Senate seat are facing criticism for an alleged conflict of interest stemming from their legislative power over workers’ compensation matters, according to The Post and Courier. Democratic state Sen. Vincent Shehee...Read More
 
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