Workers' Compensation News
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Herbert Signs 3 Work Comp Bills; Measure to Privatize WCF Awaits Signature | 03/21/2017 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law three workers’ compensation bills that passed during this year’s legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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House Committee Tables Firefighter Presumption | 03/17/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Montana House of Representatives committee tabled a bill that would have created a presumption that lung diseases are compensable injuries for firefighters and set up a special fund to pay for these claims. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves PTD Increase, Death Benefit Changes | 03/16/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon House of Representatives unanimously approved bills that would increase the cap on permanent total disability benefits and simplify how death benefits are calculated. ...Read More | |||
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Horse Racing Publication Considers Comp Payment Models After Worker 'Screwed' by Non-Payment | 03/15/2017 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An exercise rider who worked with racehorse trainer Wayne Potts said she was left "screwed" after being partially crushed in a fall from a horse while Potts was not carrying workers' compensation insurance for his stable. ...Read More | |||
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House Labor Committee Recommends PTD Increase | 03/14/2017 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The House Committee on Business and Labor has recommended that the chamber pass, with amendments, a measure to increase workers' compensation benefits for people with a permanent tota...Read More | |||
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House Resolutions Seek Review of Medical Issues | 03/14/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Hawaii lawmaker introduced a pair of resolutions that would require the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to outline plans to increase payments to providers, and requesting the state auditor to measure the costs of medical bill review. ...Read More | |||
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House Committee Readies for Hearings on Formulary, Benefit Denial Bills | 03/14/2017 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Business and Labor Committee of Montana’s House of Representatives is gearing up for hearings on bills that would disallow benefits for workers who make false statements, allow the Department of Labor and Industry to adopt a prescription drug formulary, and modify air ambulance billing ...Read More | |||
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House Democrats Push for State Fund | 03/13/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Amid a long-simmering budget fight centering on workers' compensation and pension reform, Illinois House Democrats are pushing a bill to create a state fund. ...Read More | |||
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HB 296 Battle of Op-Eds Creates 'Misleading' Statements All Around | 03/10/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The sponsor of a Kentucky workers' compensation reform bill has written a letter to the editor criticizing the Fraternal Order of Police for making "misleading" statements about his bill. ...Read More | |||
| Health Care Data Nonprofit Unveils Benchmarking Tool | 03/09/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| FAIR Health, a nonprofit health care data analytics firm, has released a benchmarking tool to use in the comparison of health care costs. FH Episodes of Care Benchmarks provides infor...Read More | |||
