Workers' Compensation News
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Landscaping Business Pleads Guilty to Premium Fraud | 04/03/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas landscaping business has pleaded guilty to misrepresenting its payroll so that it could reduce the cost of workers’ compensation premiums, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced. ...Read More | |||
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Lead Poisoning Is Focus of WOEMA Webinar | 03/29/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Western Occupational & Environmental Medical Association, or WOEMA, is hosting a webinar on lead poisoning in adults from noon to 1 p.m. Pacific time. April 26. ...Read More | |||
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Legislative Committee Could Decide on MSF Restructuring in April | 03/27/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An interim legislative committee could reach a decision during its next meeting in April on whether it wants to restructure the Montana State Fund. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Approaches Acupuncture Cautiously Through Pilot Program | 03/26/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Washington State Department of Labor and Industries pilot program of acupuncture for treatment of low back pain will likely lead to the department’s coverage of acupuncture for injured workers on a more permanent basis, an official said on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Lawyers Drawing Up Work Comp Law Overhaul for 2019 | 03/22/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A wholesale rewrite of Alabama’s workers’ compensation law is underway, sparked by a 2017 circuit court ruling that found current statutes unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
| Lori Miller Named CEO of Goldberg, Miller & Rubin | 03/20/2018 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Attorney Lori Miller has been elected chief executive officer of the Goldberg, Miller & Rubin insurance defense law firm, the first CEO in the firm’s 34-year history. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposes Fees for Public Records, Revises Policy Statement on Smoking-Cessation Aids | 03/13/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries adopted revised policies for smoking-cessation products to make them available for all surgical candidates, and proposed rules that would adopt a schedule of charges for making available public documents. ...Read More | |||
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Legislative Session Expected to Make Few Changes to Comp | 03/08/2018 | |
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| By: Carrie Miller (correspondent) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After a marathon battle in New York last session that ended with significant workers’ comp reforms sought by labor and business, the dozen or so bills filed this year are mostly leftovers. ...Read More | |||
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Legislative Session to End Without Caps on WC Attorney Fees | 03/08/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida lawmakers this year approved benefits for first responders who suffer from PTSD, but other changes to the state's workers' compensation system — long sought by business and insurance interests — will have to wait until next year. ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Charged With Falsifying WC Coverage | 03/07/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Oklahoma landscaping contractor is free on bond today after he was charged with falsifying workers' compensation insurance coverage. James Ho...Read More | |||
