Workers' Compensation News
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IME, Peer-Review Services Company Opens Location in Phoenix
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02/07/2018
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Boston-based company that provides independent medical examination and peer-review services to the workers’ compensation, automotive, disability and group health markets opened its eighth location last week.
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Insurance Division Licenses 30 New Captives in 2017
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02/01/2018
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Insurance Division of Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs licensed 30 new captive insurance companies in 2017, an amount the agency said ties the most captives licensed in a single year since the captive insurance law took effect in 1986.
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Insurance Industry Added 30K Jobs Last Year
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02/01/2018
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The insurance industry gained 1,900 jobs in December, bringing the 2017 total to 30,000 additional jobs for the industry, according to an economic situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Injured Police Officer Can't Increase Pension Benefit After Soliciting Re-Evaluation
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01/30/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was not entitled to a higher award of pension benefits after he asked an independent medical examiner to provide a re-evaluation using a different version of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent...Read More
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Injured Longshoreman Was Entitled to Change of Treatment Providers
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01/25/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision of the Benefits Review Board finding that an injured longshoreman was entitled to a change in physicians after his initial authorized doctor ended treatment.
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ICA Clarifies Fee Schedule Code for Completing Forms
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01/23/2018
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona has revised the description of a billing code to clarify the conditions under which providers can be reimbursed for completing certain workers’ compensation forms.
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