Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Denies New Trial in Hospital Stop-Loss Case
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11/30/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 0
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AUSTIN, Texas – A state district judge Thursday denied a motion for new trial in a lawsuit that workers' compensation insurance carriers argue could cost them $500 million in payments to hospitals for treating injured workers.
Texas Mutual Insuran...Read More
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Jose Ruiz Tabbed for Operations Post with State Fund
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11/21/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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Jose Ruiz has been appointed Claims/Rehabilitation’s operations & systems manager for State Compensation Insurance Fund.
Ruiz started his State Fund career as a claims adjuster in the organization’s Los Angeles District Office in 1992....Read More
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Journal Article Takes Aim at ACOEM
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11/14/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An article in the current edition of “The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health” launched a blistering attack on the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), whose guidelines serve as an important basis for workers...Read More
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JCC Report Highlights Backlogs and Reforms
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11/14/2007
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
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Florida workers' compensation judges have gained ground in the battle against a backlog of cases that triggered sweeping legislative reforms in 2003, the Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC) said in its annual report.But South Florida judges remain swamped with old cases am...Read More
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Jopari Says Cooperation Key to Success of Texas E-billing
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11/06/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Business | 0
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Jopari Solutions, Inc., a supplier of bill-cycle automation services to property and casualty industry payers, said in a press release Monday that the success of Texas e-bill regulations going into effect in January requires broad cooperation, coordination and coalition building among e-bill process...Read More
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Judge to Hear Suit Vital to Self-Insured Firms
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11/05/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Self-insured employers protecting themselves from expensive workers' comp claims with excess insurance policies should tune in on Jan. 11 when a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge will hear a case with major financial ramifications for employers.The suit was filed in December 20...Read More
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Justices: Docs Needn't Agree on Officer's Disability
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11/02/2007
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State: IL | Segment: Courts | 0
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The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday awarded a duty-related disability pension to a North Chicago police officer, deciding that state law requires that an officer be evaluated by three doctors -- not that they all agree about his medical condition.Justice Lloyd Karmeier wrote the unani...Read More
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JCC Overruled, Attorney Award Reset
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11/01/2007
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State: FL | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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While denying a claimant's challenge to the basis of the attorney's fee awarded in his case, the 1st District Florida Court of Appeal recalculated a lower court's arithmetic.The appellate court ruled that Compensations Claims Judge Joseph Murphy had correctly interpreted Sect...Read More
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Judge Sentences Ex-Letter Carrier for Fraud
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10/31/2007
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State: OH | Segment: Fraud | 0
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A Dover, Ohio letter carrier who was videotaped coaching has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $37,335.27 to the United States Postal Service for mail and workers’ compensation fraud, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio announced.U.S. Attorney...Read More
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Justices Say 1999 Law Governs Woman's TTD Award
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10/31/2007
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State: ND | Segment: Courts | 0
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The North Dakota Supreme Court told the state workers' compensation agency it erred when it replaced a woman's temporary total disability payments with a permanent partial benefit, and that both sides applied the wrong version of the state's income test to the case.Claimant D...Read More
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