Workers' Compensation News
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Legislator Plans on another Try at Enacting Prescription Drug Database
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10/22/2014
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State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Another effort to bring a prescription drug monitoring database to Missouri – the last state in the nation without one – is likely in 2015.
Rep. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, who has introduced PDMP legislation in the General Assembly’s last several sessions, said in an in...Read More
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Lien Claimants Get no Relief in Final WCAB Procedural Rules
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10/20/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California lien claimants and service providers who file petitions for costs are going to have to get used to attending Workers' Compensation Appeals Board hearings, or for minor claims, at least having someone available for a telephone call.
Despite complaints that proposed regulator...Read More
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L&I Makes Minor Changes to Self-Insured Assessment Rate
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10/20/2014
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Self-insured employers in Washington could see a slight increase or decrease in their assessment rates for fiscal year 2015 depending on when they were certified.
The state Department of Labor and Industries announced that the base rate administrative assessment will decrease to 0.0476% f...Read More
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Lawsuit Alleges Garbage Co. Concealed Liabilities for Failed N.Y. Group Trust
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10/17/2014
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California-based Waste Connections Inc. is suing the former owner of a garbage company for failing to disclose nearly $5 million in assessments by New York regulators for liabilities stemming from a workers' compensation group trust that failed in 2010.
Waste Collections said in a com...Read More
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Law Now in Effect Extending Presumption for Paid EMS Providers
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10/17/2014
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A law extending the presumption of workers’ compensation compensability for paid emergency medical services providers is now in effect in Maryland.
Senate Bill 1099, in effect since Oct. 1, stipulates that emergency medical services providers, under certain conditions, will have the...Read More
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Lawmakers Considering Increases to Safety Penalties, Changes to Experience Rating
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10/16/2014
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Wyoming legislators will review a pair of bills that would increase the cap on penalties for serious safety violations or authorize an additional fine for violations that materially contribute to the death of a worker as well as a measure increasing the maximum discount that can be applied throug...Read More
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Labor Commission Proposes Fee Schedule Update
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10/16/2014
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State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Utah Labor Commission filed with the state a notice of its intentions to adopt the Optum 2014 Essential Resource-Based Relative Value Schedule, the 2014 first-quarter emergency update and the 2014 Current Procedural Terminology coding standards of the American Medical Association.
The...Read More
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