Workers' Compensation News
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Industrial Commission Scraps Drug Formulary | 11/27/2017 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission has abandoned plans to establish a drug formulary to aid in the fight against opioid abuse. ...Read More | |||
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Input Needed for Medical Quality Review Audit | 11/27/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking informal comment on potential categories for the 2018 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan. ...Read More | |||
| Insurers May Be Eligible for Credit of Provider Network Registration Fee | 11/21/2017 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Insurers are not required to pay a registration fee for preferred provider networks that they assemble without the help of an administrator, the Illinois Department of Insurance has determined. Insurers who have previously submitted payments for administrator fees will be reimbursed, the ...Read More | |||
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Imprisoned Lawmaker Charged With Faking Comp Coverage | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former lawmaker already in prison for bribing an inspector to overlook violations at his coal mines has been charged with using fake documents to convince a customer he had workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Caught Playing Hockey Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud | 11/20/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An injured worker who played with an amateur hockey team while saying he was too injured to work has pleaded guilty to insurance fraud, ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Orders Unlicensed Companies to Stop Selling Comp Coverage | 11/16/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones made it official on Wednesday: Labor organizations that don't engage in collective bargaining can't sell workers' compensation insurance without a license. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Assessments to Rise to Offset Further Premium Reductions | 11/14/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation reforms that lawmakers approved a dozen years ago have caused premiums to drop so much that the Texas Department of Insurance is proposing a 13.1% increase in maintenance taxes and fees to fund some of its operations. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Identifies Best Practices for Full and Final Settlements | 11/13/2017 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Petitions for approval of full and final settlements sent to the Industrial Commission of Arizona should include a fully executed agreement signed by all parties, as well as attestations that the injured worker had the opportunity seek legal advice and understands the consequences of the set...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commissions Posts Draft Guidelines for Compliance Audits | 11/13/2017 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Industrial Commission posted draft audit guidelines outlining its expectations regarding adjusting and adjusting practices and to help insurers, self-insured employers and third-party administrators maintain acceptable levels of compliance. ...Read More | |||
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Insurers Must 'True-Up' Special Compensation Fund | 11/09/2017 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Department of Labor & Industry will send invoices to insurers by Wednesday for additional assessments for the Special Compensation Fund. Paym...Read More | |||
