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Judge Denies New Trial in Hospital Stop-Loss Case 11/30/2007
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0
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
 
 
Jose Ruiz Tabbed for Operations Post with State Fund 11/21/2007
State: CA | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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
 
 
Journal Article Takes Aim at ACOEM 11/14/2007
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
JCC Report Highlights Backlogs and Reforms 11/14/2007
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
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
 
 
Jopari Says Cooperation Key to Success of Texas E-billing 11/06/2007
State: TX | Segment: Business | 0
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
 
 
Judge to Hear Suit Vital to Self-Insured Firms 11/05/2007
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
Justices: Docs Needn't Agree on Officer's Disability 11/02/2007
State: IL | Segment: Courts | 0
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
 
 
JCC Overruled, Attorney Award Reset 11/01/2007
State: FL | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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
 
 
Judge Sentences Ex-Letter Carrier for Fraud 10/31/2007
State: OH | Segment: Fraud | 0
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
 
 
Justices Say 1999 Law Governs Woman's TTD Award 10/31/2007
State: ND | Segment: Courts | 0
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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