Workers' Compensation News
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High-Tech Surgeries Popping up in Medicare Set-Asides | 12/02/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As high-tech surgical methods such as robotics and computer-assisted navigation are being used more frequently in operating rooms, they’re also starting to show up in Medicare set-asides, where they have the potential to add substantial cost. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Injured Police Officers Can Sue Employers in Tort | 11/22/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York's highest court on Monday ruled that municipal employers that do not provide workers' compensation coverage to their law enforcement officers can face civil liability if their officers are injured in the line of duty as a result of the employer's negligence....Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Board of Review Erred in Denying Back Surgery | 11/22/2016 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A split West Virginia appellate court found that the Board of Review mischaracterized the evidence when denying a claimant's request for back surgery and temporary disability benefits while she recovered. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Won't Review Dismissal Due to Worker's Failed Attempt at Service by Mail | 11/21/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court last week denied review of a worker's challenge to the dismissal of his comp claim due to his failure to properly serve his employer's comp carrier with a copy of his petition. ...Read More | |||
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Health Panel to Discuss Marijuana, Neck and Back Treatment | 11/17/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical marijuana will be one topic of discussion during a meeting of the Massachusetts Health Care Services Board on Saturday. The meeting...Read More | |||
| HEMIC Picks Guidewire Software | 11/16/2016 | ||
| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it selected Guidewire InsuranceSuite, Rating Management and Client Data Management software for policy administration, underwriting, rating, client management, billing and claims management. The carrier also selected Guidewire Da...Read More | |||
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Hypertension Diagnosis Didn't Render Officer's Claim for Heart Disease Untimely | 11/15/2016 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday ruled that hypertension and heart disease are separate ailments, and therefore each are subject to their own limitation period under the state Heart and Hypertension Act. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Costs Double for Claimants With Opioid Abuse, Study Finds | 11/14/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Health care costs for injured workers diagnosed as opioid abusers were more than double that of non-abusers in the first 12 months following injury, according to a report in the November edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
| Hedge Fund Buys 3,350 Shares of Carrier Amerisafe Inc.'s Stock | 11/09/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation insurer Amerisafe Inc. announced a new investor this week. Marco Investment Management LLC bought 3,350 shares of the company's stock, valued at about $205,000, Amerisafe said. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own approximately 96% of Ame...Read More | |||
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Home Health Aide Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Must Pay Back Nearly $52,000 | 11/08/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Central Ohio woman who pleaded guilty last week to a fifth-degree felony count of workers’ compensation fraud must pay $51,590 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
