Workers' Compensation News
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Hearing Postponed Again Over Contested Proposed Rule on Fee Disputes | 07/17/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 624 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 8 min read | |||
| An administrative law judge has again postponed a hearing in which providers and their billing companies are opposing a proposed rule that would allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to step aside from medical fee disputes that involve managed care contracts. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing to Be Held on New Rule to Charge Accidents to Surplus Fund | 07/13/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 518 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing Aug. 14 on proposed Rule 4123-3-38, surplus fund charge of qualified motor vehicle accident claims. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Grants Shot Teacher Disability Retirement | 07/12/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 522 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court decided this week that a full-time public school teacher who was shot in the chest at school should get disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Veto Override Is Remaining Hurdle to First Budget in More Than Two Years | 07/06/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 541 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Democratic-led House is expected as early as today to attempt an override of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of a tax hike and spending plan. ...Read More | |||
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House Agrees to Budget But Not to Workers' Compensation Reforms | 07/05/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 794 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The House on Sunday and Monday passed three budget bills that still face Senate approval and vows of vetoes by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, but lawmakers could not agree on workers’ compensation changes. ...Read More | |||
| House Passes First Budget in Two Years, but Governor Vows Veto | 07/03/2017 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 628 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois House passed its first full-year budget in two years, which includes a 32% hike in the personal income tax, but Gov. Bruce Rauner vowed to veto both measure should they pass the Senate. Fifteen Republicans broke ranks with Rauner and voted for the revenue bill, bringing the v...Read More | |||
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High Court: Medical Records, Vocational Report Indicate Man Left Workforce Voluntarily | 07/03/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 608 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a man who had his application for total disability benefits denied four times was not eligible for those benefits because the record indicated he had voluntarily left the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Hanford Presumption Bills Resurface Briefly During Budget Talks | 07/03/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 589 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Proposals to create a presumption that certain diseases are compensable for workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation surfaced briefly as Washington state lawmakers went to the brink in their negotiations over next year’s budget. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Award for Worker's Fall on Public Sidewalk | 06/30/2017 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 729 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a slip-and-fall as she walked along an icy public sidewalk after clocking out for the day. ...Read More | |||
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House Republicans Revive Proposals for Formulary, Medicare-Based Fee Schedule | 06/26/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 786 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read | |||
| Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives are using the 10-day special session, called by the governor to get a budget passed, to take another run at overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system with a Medicare-based fee schedule and drug formulary. ...Read More | |||
