Workers' Compensation News
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Insurer Playing Games to Thwart Treatment, Worker Says
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03/21/2019
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Florida plant manager, badly burned in an explosion, is now accusing a workers' compensation carrier of playing “head games” with him over his treatment and has limited his gastroenterology care to a doctor 60 miles from his home, according to Tampa news ...Read More
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ICT Hosts Comp Seminar April 11
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03/18/2019
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Insurance Council of Texas will host its 2019 Workers' Compensation Seminar April 11 in Austin.
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Insurers Could Pay Millions More With Army Balance-Billing Law
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03/14/2019
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Insurance carriers would have little choice but to pay the U.S. Army's price for hospital services, but injured workers would no longer be asked to pay the balance on medical bills, according to proposed legislation that gained a committee hearing this week.
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IME, Contractor Bills Pass Ahead of Deadline; Pot Coverage Appears Dead
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03/06/2019
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hawaii House of Representatives passed a pair of bills intended to give injured workers more control over independent medical examinations, as well as a measure that would require contractors to provide proof of workers’ compensation coverage, ahead of a key deadline.
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Insurance Division Approves 8.1% Loss Cost Reduction
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03/04/2019
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer
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The Nevada Division of Insurance announced that some employers will see lower workers’ compensation premiums as a result of decreases to voluntary insurance loss costs and the assigned risk market rates that took effect Friday.
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Injured Custodian Can't Get TTD but Can Get Weight-Loss Treatment
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02/25/2019
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured school custodian was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits after she left her job but was entitled to medical treatment to help her lose weight before back surgery.
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Insolvency Threatens Uninsured Employers' Fund
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02/21/2019
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By: Eddie Curran (correspondent)
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State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Maryland’s Uninsured Employers' Fund could become insolvent as early as next year after suffering gravely due to bankruptcies by two major employers, managerial neglect and a rash of serious problems detailed in a legislative audit and other reports.
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Inspector General Prosecuted 34 for Work Comp Fraud
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02/19/2019
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New York state's inspector general last year prosecuted 34 people — including claimants, employers and physicians — for workers' compensation fraud, according to a report released last week.
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