Workers' Compensation News
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JI Companies Hires Griffin as Claims-Medical VP
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01/31/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Business | 0
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JI Companies hired Bart Griffin as vice president of claims and medical management, overseeing workers' compensation third party administrator services.
Griffin will lead the Workers' Compensation, Property and Liability Claims Teams and the Medical Management Group, which includes utili...Read More
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Judges Give Attorneys Advice on Moving Cases Along
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01/29/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Failure to review medical reports for compliance with Senate Bill 899 is one of the most common mistakes that workers' compensation attorneys make, a judge told applicants' attorneys Friday.
Workers' Compensation Judge Scott Seiden of Santa Monica listed the failure to review medical repor...Read More
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Justices Put Another Apportionment Case on Hold
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01/25/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Courts | 0
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The California Supreme Court this week accepted a fourth apportionment case, but placed it on the back burner until the justices resolve Welcher and Brodie.
The high court on Wednesday granted Sonoma County's writ for review of an apportionment award that the 1st District Co...Read More
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Justices Give Welcher, Brodie High Priority
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01/19/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
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The California Supreme Court agreed to expedite oral arguments on apportionment after hearing pleas from attorneys that the missing formula has plugged the workers' compensation court system with unfinished disability cases.
The Supreme Court on Thursday announced it has given calendar pre...Read More
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Jopari Advises Claims Payers to Ready for e-Billing
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01/10/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Business | 0
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Jopari Solutions said at least three states have set timetables for implementing electronic medical billing in 2007, and it has a product ready for delivery.
In a press release Tuesday, Jopari said
it can provide comprehensive "front-to-back compliance" for the payer, with little impact...Read More
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Justices: State Entitled to Credit on Voluntary Payments
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01/09/2007
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State: NE | Segment: Courts | 0
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The state is entitled to a credit for payments it made voluntarily before a workers' compensation court judge ordered indemnity benefits to a woman exposed to chemicals on the job, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled last week.
"The state was entitled to credit for the voluntary payments it...Read More
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Jail Guard Arrested on Comp Fraud Charges
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01/08/2007
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State: PA | Segment: Fraud | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Pennsylvania jail correctional officer was arrested Thursday on charges of workers' compensation fraud, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
County police arrested Mark Anthony Macejovsky, 46, at the Allegheny County Jail in Uptown while he worked his shift, the newspaper said, citi...Read More
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Justices Reject 'Unduly Rigid' Standard at Job Sites
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01/04/2007
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State: PA | Segment: Courts | 0
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to apply an "unduly rigid standard" in determining the duty construction managers owe to employees of contractors.
The justices instead "acknowledge that a construction manager's duty is defined by the intent of the contracting parties as reflected by...Read More
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Judge Overturns Fee Dispute Resolution Process
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12/26/2006
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State: TX | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In 2005, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 7, replacing the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission with the Division of Workers' Compensation.
The legislation also changed the dispute resolution process to allow fee disputes to go directly from the division to district court, withou...Read More
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Judge Says Computers, Training Fueling Delays
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12/21/2006
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
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The Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC) will launch a series of training sessions in January to speed the closing of cases -- a problem Deputy Chief Judge David Langham blames on the antiquated computers he found when he joined the court.
Langham was appointed deputy chief judg...Read More
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