Workers' Compensation News
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Hospital Says COVID Closure Caused It to Miss Deadline in Fee Dispute
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10/23/2020
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation has shot down a medical fee dispute resolution request from a West Palm Beach hospital, despite arguments from hospital officials that they didn't see a notice while staffers were working at home during the pandemic.
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Hospital Entitled to Payment for Services Not Covered by CMS
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10/15/2020
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Appellate court ruled that a hospital that had provided care to a patient with workers’ compensation coverage for part of her treatments was entitled to payment for services that were not covered by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Hearing Set for NCCI's Recommended 1.8% Loss Cost Decrease
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09/23/2020
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Insurance Department is accepting comments on a proposed average loss cost decrease of 1.8% for the voluntary workers' compensation market and a decrease of 1.4% in assigned risk rates.
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High Court Hears Testimony in Case Challenging 6th Edition of AMA Guides
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09/18/2020
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State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Moving to the sixth edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment didn’t reduce benefits to such an extent that workers were left without an adequate remedy for occupational injuries, attorneys for an employer and the state Attorney Gen...Read More
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Health System Fined for Lack of PPE
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09/14/2020
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Louisiana health care system $13,494 for failing to ensure workers had proper personal protective equipment.
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