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	Industrial Commission Publishes Strategic Plan for 2018		07/17/2017
	State: ID | Segment: WEST | 494 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	As part of administering the state’s workers’ compensation system, the Idaho Industrial Commission said it will focus on timely dispute resolution and technological improvements over the next four years. ...Read More

	IMR Upheld 91.6% of UR Decisions in 2016		07/14/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1262 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	More than nine out of every 10 treatment denials were affirmed by the independent medical review process created by Senate Bill 863, the Department of Industrial Relations said in a report published Thursday. ...Read More

	Insurance Carrier Can Be Reimbursed for Firefighter's Cancer Treatments		07/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 372 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Commonwealth Court ruled that the health insurance provider for a cancer-stricken firefighter was entitled to full reimbursement for the bills it had paid for the firefighter’s medical treatment. ...Read More

	IAIABC Releases Updated Guide to Data Reporting Standards		07/12/2017
	State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 392 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions has released its updated guide to data reporting standards.  ...Read More

	ICA Soliciting Input on Process for Streamlining Treatment Authorization		07/12/2017
	State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 305 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Industrial Commission of Arizona is seeking public input on ways to streamline authorization of medical treatment requests. The commis...Read More

	Investigators: Man Got Comp Insurers to Pay $150K for Nonexistent Companies		07/11/2017
	State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 525 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	State investigators accuse a Raleigh man of orchestrating an elaborate scheme in which he got two insurance companies to pay him more than $150,000 in workers' compensation benefits on behalf of employers who did not exist, ...Read More

	Insurance Agent Accused of Double-Dipping in $233,000 Scam		07/10/2017
	State: WA | Segment: WEST | 691 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries said a Lake Stevens man who claimed he was too disabled to work while running his own insurance agency has been charged with felony theft in a $233,000 workers’ compensation scam. ...Read More

	Insurers Say Preauthorization for All Compounds Would Reduce Friction		07/10/2017
	State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 467 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Proposed amendments that would require all compounded medications to undergo preauthorization would reduce the number of disputes over medical necessity, the Insurance Council of Texas said Friday. ...Read More

	Insurance Department Sends Assessment Notices		07/05/2017
	State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 367 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Arizona Department of Insurance on Monday sent assessment notices to carriers licensed to operate in the state. The department is assessing ca...Read More

	Insurance Commissioner Approves 8.46% Rate Decrease		06/29/2017
	State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 301 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Workers' compensation rates will decrease by an average of 8.46% in October, saving Wisconsin employers $170 million, the state's insurance commissioner announced Tuesday. A committee of actuaries from the Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau, which recommends workers' compens...Read More