Workers' Compensation News
| Insurance Commissioner Appoints 4 to WC Appeals Panel | 06/01/2015 | ||
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| Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax announced Friday the appointment of four members to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel, which interprets and applies National Council on Compensation Insurance rules to premium disputes brought by policyholders against workers' compensation...Read More | |||
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ICA Holding annual WC Claims Seminar in August | 05/29/2015 | |
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| The Industrial Commission of Arizona will present a workshop on learning the Official Disability Guidelines that it adopted for ...Read More | |||
| Interpreters Take Issue with Fee Levels, "Provisional" Certification in DWC Fee Schedule | 05/20/2015 | ||
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| In the first round of public input for its proposed interpreter fee schedule, the Division of Workers’ Compensation has found very little support amid a lot of complaints. The fee schedule is one of the last mandatory pieces of Senate Bill 863 the DWC is looking to put in place, alo...Read More | |||
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IWCI Seminar to Feature Talks on Traumatic Brain Injuries, Accident Prevention | 05/20/2015 | |
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| The Indiana Worker's Compensation Institute will discuss mediation, traumatic brain injuries and accident prevention at...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets new Trial on Claim due to Judge's Evidentiary Errors | 05/20/2015 | |
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| Idaho Insurance Fund Policyholders Receive Settlement Checks | 05/18/2015 | ||
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| Policyholders have begun receiving payouts from the state fund's settlement of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the fund's dividend policy violated the law. The payout was part of a settlement the Idaho Insurance Fund entered into as part of a settlement of a case where small ...Read More | |||
| Insurance Dept. Fines Travelers $1.2M, Ace $250,000 | 05/15/2015 | ||
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| The Texas Department of Insurance levied a $1.2 million fine against subsidiaries of Travelers and ordered the carriers to pay restitution to policyholders for issuing unapproved workers' compensation endorsement forms, using unapproved terrorism rates and incorrectly calculating premium cost...Read More | |||
| IIC Seeks Public Input on Fix for CMS Medical Billing Codes | 05/15/2015 | ||
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| The Idaho Industrial Commission is seeking public comments on how it should craft a long-term fix to a medical bill coding problem. After discovering that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new Comprehensive Ambulatory Payment Classification codes had caused some orthoped...Read More | |||
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Idaho Supreme Court Releases Changes to Appellate Rules | 05/13/2015 | |
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| The Idaho Supreme Court released an order amending Appellate Court rules on Industrial Commission decisions regarding compensation that could result in an immed...Read More | |||
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IWCI Hosting annual Seminar in August | 05/13/2015 | |
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| The Indiana Workers’ Compensation Institute is holding a day and a half seminar on August 6-7 and will feature speakers from multiple medical groups a...Read More | |||
