Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: Sunset Provision Fatal to Constitutional Challenge of Raid on MSF Surplus | 08/31/2020 | |
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| A unanimous Montana Supreme Court said it can’t rule on the constitutionality of a bill that moved $28.3 million of the Montana State Fund policyholder surplus into a state fire suppression account because the law is no longer on the books. ...Read More | |||
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How to Avoid MSA Pains: Submit Needed Documentation, CMS Official Says | 08/18/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| If Medicare beneficiaries want their set-asides to be handled with a minimum of hassle, they should keep in mind three simple words: documentation, documentation, documentation. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Denial of Claim for Reimbursement | 08/14/2020 | |
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| The Supreme Court of New Hampshire overturned a denial of a worker’s claim for reimbursement for the massage therapy she received in New York for a compensable shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Set on NCCI's Call for 20% Rate Decrease | 08/13/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia State Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing in October on a proposal to cut average loss costs by more than 20% for the voluntary market. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Scheduled for Conclusive COVID-19 Presumption Bill | 08/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee in the California Senate will hear testimony this week on a bill that would create a conclusive presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for certain essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Revives Worker's Tort Suit for Injuries From Being Sent Out in Blizzard | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court revived a construction worker’s civil suit seeking damages for his injuries from being sent outside during a blizzard. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Set for PBM Rules to Stop Spread Pricing, Rebates | 07/30/2020 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maine Superintendent of Insurance will hold a public hearing Aug. 20 on proposed rules that would prohibit pharmacy benefits managers from engaging in spread pricing or from accepting rebates from pharmaceutical companies. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing on Presumption Bill Delayed to Aug. 11 | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A hearing on a bill that would codify California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 presumption was delayed by two weeks. The Assembly Ins...Read More | |||
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Homeowner Qualifies as Employer of Carpenter Injured in Fall | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a property owner was the employer of a carpenter who suffered a spinal cord injury in a fall from the roof of a house. ...Read More | |||
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Hearings Now Set for 9 a.m. or 1 p.m., Commission Says | 07/28/2020 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Starting this week, administrative law judges will hold hearings at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., rather than a specific time, the Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission announced. ...Read More | |||
