Workers' Compensation News
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LWCC Updates Legacy Software System | 02/15/2017 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Louisiana's workers' compensation insurer of last resort announced that it has updated its software system. LWCC, a private mutu...Read More | |||
| Loggers Association May Expand Insurance Offerings Under New President | 02/14/2017 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Jaime Yraguen has been elected president of the Associated Oregon Loggers as the organization eyes an expansion of its insurance offerings beyond workers’ compensation. Yraguen was elected on Jan. 20 during the association’s 47th annual convention in Eugene, the News-Revi...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Attempt to Change Judicial Nominating Method | 02/14/2017 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Republican lawmakers are attempting to change the way judges are selected in Oklahoma in the wake of several court decisions that declared GOP-sponsored laws unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
| Laredo-Area Medical Office Staffs Offered Free Training | 02/14/2017 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will offer free training to medical office staff March 9 in Laredo and will cover an overview of the workers’ compensation system, coverage verification, medical bill processing, and dispute resolution and resources. The educational ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Continue Barraging General Assembly With Comp Bills | 02/13/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Dozens of workers’ compensation-related bills continue pouring into the New York General Assembly, including a proposal to prohibit compensation for workers injured while committing a crime. ...Read More | |||
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L&I to Cover Fecal Microbiota Transplantation With Prior Authorization | 02/13/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries will pay for fecal microbiota transplantation after adopting the state Health Technology Clinical Committee’s determination that it should be covered. ...Read More | |||
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Losses at Businesses With Small Premiums up 70% in Outlier FY 2016 | 02/08/2017 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| In Kansas, fewer premiums of under $100,000 were written in Fiscal Year 2016 than in previous years, but premiums of over $100,000 increased by 19.5%, according to the state workers' compensation agency's annual report. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Updates Classification, Reporting Rules | 02/07/2017 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries revised its classification rules for landscape pavers, and clarified typographical and other errors in its general reporting rules. ...Read More | |||
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Largest Rate Decrease in More Than Eight Years Takes Effect April 1 | 02/07/2017 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Loss costs in Vermont’s voluntary market will decrease by an average of 7.9% starting April 1, the first rate decrease in two years and the largest in more than eight years, Gov. Phil Scott announced. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose 23 Comp Bills, Including One That Would Revive Opt Out | 02/06/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Legislature convenes today with 23 pre-session bills already drafted to propose changes to the workers’ compensation system, including one that would revive the so-called Oklahoma Option. ...Read More | |||
