Workers' Compensation News
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Horsemen's Association Eyeing Solutions to Rising Comp Costs | 12/27/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rising workers’ compensation costs is the top issue facing thoroughbred horse owners in New York, according to the state Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Officer Abused Discretion in Conflict-of-Interest Finding | 12/26/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Ohio Industrial Commission hearing officers are free to reject the opinions of job-retraining specialists, but one officer went too far when he dismissed a specialist’s entire report without considering its merits because he thought she had a conflict of interest, the Ohio Supreme Court dec...Read More | |||
| HEMIC's Financial Strength Rating of 'Excellent' Affirmed by A.M. Best | 12/26/2017 | ||
| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A, or excellent, and the issuer credit rating of “a” for Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. In its rating rationale summary, A.M. Best rated HEMIC “strongest” for balance sheet, “stron...Read More | |||
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Hiking E&M Reimbursements Would Have Raised System Costs by $11 Million | 12/26/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recently rejected proposal to increase by 30% the reimbursement rates for evaluation and management services would have raised system costs by nearly double the estimates provided by health care providers, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Carrier's Obligation to Contribute to Worker's 3rd-Party Litigation Expenses | 12/21/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that an insurance carrier has to chip in for a worker’s litigation expenses in obtaining a third-party recovery he secured before receiving a schedule loss of use award. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Frees Up Comp Attorneys to Make New Arguments After Administrative Level | 12/18/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas Supreme Court opinion delivered Friday leaves the door open for workers’ compensation attorneys to make arguments at the trial court level that they did not make before administrative law judges. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Termination of Worker for Failing to Provide Medical Documentation | 12/15/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a worker did not comply with his employer’s demand to provide medical documentation to a workers’ compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declares 3rd-Party Liability Waivers Unenforceable | 12/13/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| With this week’s New Jersey Supreme Court decision in Vitale v. Schering-Plough Corp., the Garden State has become the first jurisdiction to rule that workers cannot sign away their right to ...Read More | |||
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House Lawmakers Working to Pass Formulary Bill | 12/07/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are working to pass legislation supported by 27 business and insurance groups that would mandate adoption of a workers' compensation drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Another Bill to Ban Benefits for Undocumented Workers | 12/07/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The state House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would prevent undocumented workers from receiving workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
