Workers' Compensation News
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Increased Risk of Exposure Could Result in Comp Paying for Coronavirus Testing, Treatment | 03/06/2020 | |
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| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The rapid spread of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, raises some interesting questions for the field of workers' compensation, including what circumstances would make an infection compensable. ...Read More | |||
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IAB Wrongly Denies PI Claim | 03/04/2020 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Accident Board wrongly denied a worker’s petition for permanent impairment benefits based on his earlier request for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Injured at Work? Massage Therapists Could Treat, Senate Says | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow massage therapists to be paid for treating injured workers has again passed the New York State Senate and is now in the Assembly Labor Committee. ...Read More | |||
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ICW Announces 2020 Safety Webinar Series | 02/19/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. is launching a webinar series to educate workers’ compensation policyholders on best practices to keep employees safe. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Workers, Doctors Criticize Insurers' 'Culture of Delay' | 02/13/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In the backyard of some of the largest workers' compensation insurers in the country, a group of injured workers, doctors, lawyers and union representatives have been blasting away at delays in medical and wage benefits by carriers. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Urges Advisory Group to Suggest Legislation Allowing Air Ambulance Fee Schedules | 02/07/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is urging a federal advisory panel to propose legislation that would allow states to limit how much air ambulance companies can charge for transporting injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department: Rate Cuts Save Employers $4M | 02/07/2020 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Department of Insurance said it expects that rate cuts approved in October will save the state’s employers more than $4 million in premiums, based on its review of new filings from top workers’ compensation writers in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Insys Therapeutics Founder Sentenced to 66 Months in Prison | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| John Kapoor, the founder of Insys Therapeutics, was sentenced in federal court to 66 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. ...Read More | |||
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Independent Contractor Test for Unemployment Applies to Comp Cases, Too | 01/27/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that the independent contractor analysis adopted by the state Supreme Court in an unemployment case also applies in the workers’ compensation context. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Hosting EDI 3.1 Training in Syracuse | 01/27/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions will hold a day-and-a-half training class on EDI Claims Release version 3.1 in Syracuse, New York. ...Read More | |||
