Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Division Releases Proposed Rules for Electronic Documents | 08/01/2017 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Division of Insurance published proposed regulations to implement a 2017 bill authorizing electronic delivery of notices and other documents. ...Read More | |||
| Industrial Commission Moves Regional Office From Elizabethtown to Wilmington | 07/31/2017 | ||
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| The Industrial Commission’s regional office in Elizabethtown has been moved to Wilmington, the agency said Friday. In late 2014, the commission began decentralizing its judicial staff into five regional offices throughout the state. “This move reflects a continued comm...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Names Counsel for Georgia Counterpart as New Chief of Staff | 07/21/2017 | |
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| The legal counsel for the Georgia Office of Insurance and Safety fire commissioner has been named chief of staff for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, effective Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Will Not Seek Third Term | 07/19/2017 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced this week that he will not seek a third term in 2018. ...Read More | |||
| ICA to Host Claims Seminar Aug. 10-11 | 07/19/2017 | ||
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| The Industrial Commission of Arizona will host its 2017 Claims Seminar, "Facing the Future Together," from Aug. 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, and today is the last day to reserve a room at the conference rate. The seminar features workshops on: Scheduled and...Read More | |||
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Injured Trucker Accused of Working While Receiving Full Benefits | 07/19/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Fort Plain trucker has been arrested on workers' compensation fraud charges after he allegedly worked as a long-haul trucker while receiving out-of-work benefits for an injury suffered at a different trucking company. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Nurse Can Pursue Disability Discrimination Claim | 07/18/2017 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
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| The New Jersey Supreme Court last week ruled that an injured nurse could move forward with her disability discrimination claim, as there was a triable issue as to whether she had been terminated because she was unable to perform her job without posing a risk of harm to herself or others. ...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Publishes Strategic Plan for 2018 | 07/17/2017 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 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 | |||
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IMR Upheld 91.6% of UR Decisions in 2016 | 07/14/2017 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Insurance Carrier Can Be Reimbursed for Firefighter's Cancer Treatments | 07/13/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 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 | |||
