Workers' Compensation News
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IWCC Announces Death of Administrator Robert Falcioni
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08/18/2017
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that arbitrator Robert Falcioni died on Wednesday.
Falcioni was one of the commission’s “Downstate” arbitrators, covering Zone 4 and conducting hearings in Kankakee, New Lenox and Ottawa.
The commissio...Read More
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Invalidation of IRE Process Required Reversal of Modification in Worker's Status
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08/17/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that a worker whose case was pending at the time the Supreme Court struck down the state’s impairment rating evaluation process as unconstitutional was entitled to a reversal of a judge’s order authorizing a change in her disability status, pursuant t...Read More
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Insurers Square Off Against State in Case Before High Court
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08/14/2017
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State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Legislation that closed New York’s Fund for Reopened Cases to new claims was based on the mistaken assumption that insurance carriers were already charging employers for the cost of those claims, and threatens to saddle the industry with $1.1 to $1.6 billion in unanticipated losses, ...Read More
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IME Fee Increase Slated for Oct. 1
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08/07/2017
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Independent medical examination fees will increase by 0.2% on Oct. 1, the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced.
The increa...Read More
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Industrial Commission Meeting Set for Aug. 31
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08/07/2017
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arizona Industrial Commission will meet Aug. 31 in Payson, according to information posted to the commission’s website.
The commission will hold its meeting in the Payson City Council Chamber.
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Interest Grows in Mindfulness as a Back-Pain Treatment
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08/01/2017
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction, a technique that combines yoga and meditation, has been found in some studies to relieve chronic low back pain, and researchers now say the therapy may save also save payers money.
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