Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Division Touts 24-Hour Captive Approval
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03/20/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nevada Insurance Division has launched an expedited approval process for single-parent and small captive insurers and reduced application fees.The division said it can approve applications within 24 hours for single-parent captives and captives organized under Section 831(b) of the U...Read More
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Instructional Error on Dual Employer Law Was Not Prejudicial
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03/19/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A trial judge misstated the law regarding dual employers in instructing the jury on a worker's wage and hour violation claim, but this error was not prejudicial.Case: Vaynberg v. Chevron Products Co., No. A131126, 03/14/2013, unpublished....Read More
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Inmate Injured on Work-Release Was Not County 'Employee'
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03/19/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Mississippi county jail inmate who was seriously injured while assisting law enforcement officials during a drug bust was not a county employee for purposes of workers' compensation, and so the county's insurance carrier did not need to pay for his $640,000 in medical bills, a federal...Read More
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Interest Groups Negotiating Compromise on Comp Fraud Database
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03/15/2013
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefRepresentatives for Florida's check-cashing industry and a union that represents construction workers are negotiating a compromise with state regulators to pass legislation that wou...Read More
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IWIF Schedules Drug Abuse Summit
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03/15/2013
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State: MD | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Injured Workers' Insurance Fund will hold a workers' compensation drug abuse summit on April 12 in Linthicum, Md.IWIF said the summit will run from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. (EDT) at the BWI Marriott at 1743 Nursery Road and will feature sessions on narcotics abuse in the Maryla...Read More
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Insurance Bureau Okays 3.9% Increase in Loss Costs
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03/14/2013
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Maine Bureau of Insurance has approved a 3.9% increase in workers' compensation loss costs requested by the National Council on Compensation Insurance in response to changes in the medical fee schedule that took effect in December.'The loss-cost changes will take effect April...Read More
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Industrial Commission Proposes Fee Schedule Increases
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03/12/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona will hold a public hearing in April to discuss proposed changes to its fee schedule that would increase payments for surgery codes, physical medicine codes and evaluation and management codes.The Industrial Commission is proposing increases to the val...Read More
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Industrial Commission to Begin Collecting IAIABC 3.0 Data
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03/12/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Idaho Industrial Commission in August will begin receiving workers’ compensation insurance policy data from the National Council on Compensation Insurance in the form of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions Proof of Coverage Release 3.0. T...Read More
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Inspection Results in $61,084 in OSHA Penalties
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03/11/2013
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Nebraska Beef Ltd. with eight safety violations for failure to prevent a fall hazard at a beef processing plant in Omaha, Neb.The federal agency proposed penalties of $61,804 for the eight violations, which included one repeat viola...Read More
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Industrial Commission Publishes Revised Practice Rules
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03/08/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Idaho Industrial Commission revised proposed changes to its Judicial Rules of Practice and Procedure that would reduce the amount of time to respond to a complaint, allow testimony based on post-hearing depositions and modify the procedure for objecting to a change of physician petition....Read More
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