Workers' Compensation News
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Legislature Posts Latest Version of Comp Laws to Website
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02/04/2016
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Legislation posted to its website an updated version of the state's workers' compensation law, including all changes made by lawmakers in 2015.
Gov. Kate Brown last year signed into law a bill that increased attorney fees and a bill allowing the estate of a person murde...Read More
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Lawmakers Propose Monopolistic State Fund as Cure for Dysfunctional System
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02/03/2016
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Hawaii lawmakers this year could debate whether the state's workers' compensation system could be improved by driving private carriers off the islands.
A bill introduced Jan. 27 would create a public corporation to provide workers' compensation insurance in Hawaii and require ...Read More
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Labor Committee Schedules Hearing on Treatment Guideline Bill
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02/01/2016
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other
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A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has scheduled a March 17 hearing on a bill that would mandate adoption of nationally recognized treatment guidelines for the state workers' compensation system.
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L&I Meets with Group Alleging Claims Process is Unfair to Hispanics
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02/01/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Leaders from a group that filed a complaint with the Washington state Attorney General's Office about the treatment of Hispanic people who file workers' compensation claims met with officials from the Department of Labor and Industries to discuss possible solutions last week, ac...Read More
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Large-deductible's Role in Carrier Insolvencies Debated
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01/28/2016
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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As a working group of state regulators moves toward finalizing a draft report and recommendations on large-deductible workers’ compensation insurance policies, a dispute has broken out how much of an impact such policies have had on insurance carrier insolvencies.
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Lawmakers Propose Eliminating Medical Fee Schedule, Treatment Guides
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01/27/2016
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Lawmakers in Hawaii have introduced bills that would eliminate medical treatment guidelines and fee schedules and allow physicians to submit treatment plans by email, and resurrected a measure from last year that would allow only doctors who actively treat patients to perform independent medical ...Read More
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Labor Department Posts Video on New Assessments
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01/22/2016
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Montana Department of Labor & Industry posted a video online explaining changes to workers' compensation assessments under a bill signed into law last year.
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