Workers' Compensation News
| LHA Trust Funds Names Rebecca Dowdy Director of Business Development | 03/13/2017 | ||
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| Louisiana Hospital Association Trust Funds has hired Rebecca Dowdy as director of business development. Dowdy has more than 14 years of health care experience, including 12 years with the Louisiana Hospital Association. She spent the last year working with Affiliated Enterprise Solutions,...Read More | |||
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LWC Names Three to Top Leadership Posts | 03/10/2017 | |
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| The Louisiana Workforce Commission has appointed three new executives to top leadership roles. ...Read More | |||
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Late Indemnity Payments Will Start Drawing Penalties Next Month | 03/09/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
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| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board will begin assessing penalties next month on carriers and employers for late payments shown on subsequent reports of injury. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill to Create Comp Work Group | 03/08/2017 | |
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| Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would create a working group to recommend ways to improve the state’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Liberty Mutual's Net Income Dips in Q4, Nearly Doubles for Year | 03/06/2017 | |
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| Liberty Mutual Insurance has reported net income attributable to Liberty Mutual Holding Co. of $143 million, a 65% decrease from $411 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. ...Read More | |||
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Lack of Earlier Appeal Precludes Employer's Statute of Limitation Defense | 03/03/2017 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A steel manufacturer failed to challenge a Workers’ Compensation Commission decision it claims included an incorrect date regarding the last payment of permanent disability benefits, and as a result can’t rely on the alleged incorrect date to substantiate a statute of limitations defe...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Says Higher Comp Rates Here to Stay | 03/01/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, told a public radio station that reforming Florida’s workers’ compensation system might take more than one session. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Allowing WCF to Convert to a Mutual | 02/28/2017 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Utah’s state-chartered Workers’ Compensation Fund could become a mutual carrier next year with Gov. Gary Herbert’s blessing. ...Read More | |||
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LWC Proposes Revisions to Medical Treatment Guidelines | 02/27/2017 | |
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| The Louisiana Workforce Commission will hold a public hearing March 31 on proposed amendments to its medical treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Maintain Focus on Fraud in 2017 | 02/23/2017 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After passing a pair of bills in 2016 that regulators have credited with eliminating millions of dollars in potentially fraudulent liens, California lawmakers are pushing additional fraud-fighting bills this year. ...Read More | |||
