Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Clarifies Calculation of Industrial Hearing Loss for Retired Firefighters | 10/28/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland’s highest court ruled that the average hearing loss for two retired firefighters was properly calculated by counting the number of years between their 50th birthdays and the date that each retired and were no longer exposed to industrial noise. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Monday on Comp Coverage for Medical Marijuana | 10/26/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Assembly's Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing Monday morning on a bill that would require insurers to cover medical marijuana for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Says COVID Closure Caused It to Miss Deadline in Fee Dispute | 10/23/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Entitled to Payment for Services Not Covered by CMS | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Fee Schedule Shows Sharp Increase for Some Procedures | 10/08/2020 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maine Workers' Compensation Board has updated its hospital fee schedules and COVID-19 procedure codes, the board said in bulletins. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Awards Benefits to Worker With Flesh-Eating Bacterial Infection | 09/30/2020 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a worker who filed a belated appeal was entitled to benefits for a flesh-eating bacterial infection that developed after he skinned his knuckle at work. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Yanks License of Attorney With History of Engaging in Unauthorized Practice | 09/28/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court last week disbarred an Owensboro attorney for continuing to practice law after his license had been suspended. Tho...Read More | |||
| Hearing Set for NCCI's Recommended 1.8% Loss Cost Decrease | 09/23/2020 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Hears Testimony in Case Challenging 6th Edition of AMA Guides | 09/18/2020 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 Facilities, Beef Processor Fined for COVID Violations | 09/15/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety inspectors fined two health facilities and one beef processor for allegedly failing to protect workers from COVID-19. The...Read More | |||
