Workers' Compensation News
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McCarty Orders NCCI to File for 5.1% Rate Reduction
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11/05/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered a 5.1% reduction in workers' compensation rates, rejecting a 1.9% decrease proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
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MLAC to Start Discussion of 2016 Legislation at Nov. 30 Meeting
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10/29/2015
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oregon's Management-Labor Advisory Committee will start discussing possible legislative concepts for the 2016 session when it meets Nov. 30 in Tigard.
The only legislative proposal identified in the meeting agenda will deal with term limits for MLAC members.
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Maximum WC Benefit Increase Announced
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10/23/2015
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Nebraska has announced an increase in the maximum weekly benefit under its workers' compensation law.
Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the maximum benefit will increase to $785, 100% of the state's average weekly wage, as calculated by the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court.
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Millennium Settles Allegations of Unnecessary Drug Tests for $256M
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10/21/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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As research organizations are sounding the alarm about the rising cost of urine drug testing in California's workers' compensation system, the U.S. Department of Justice announced one of the largest drug-testing labs in the country has agreed to pay a quarter of a billion dollars to settl...Read More
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Main Street Appoints New President for Old Dominion
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10/16/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Main Street America Group announced Thursday the appointment of Chris Cox to president of Old Dominion Insurance Co., its primary carrier for policies written in Florida and Georgia.
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More Methods Emerging for Paying Health Care Providers
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10/12/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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As the workers’ compensation industry slowly moves away from paper checks as a method of paying injured workers and health care providers, more options are becoming available for electronic payments.
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Man Sentenced to Probation, House Arrest for Fraud
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10/12/2015
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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A man who failed to disclose a prior work-related back injury, denied preexisting conditions and operated his own business while receiving workers' compensation benefits was sentenced to probation and ordered to repay $75,000 in benefits, the Nevada Attorney General's Office announced....Read More
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MIA Posts Medical Benefits Termination Form
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10/12/2015
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Maryland Insurance Administration has posted its new Insurer’s Termination of Medical Benefits form for electronic filing through the WFMS online forms filing system.
MIA posted a link to the form on its website and said in a regulatory notice that the new form, introduced ...Read More
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McPeak Details Reinsurance Market Transition to NCCI
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10/12/2015
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Julie Mix McPeak, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, has outlined the transition from Aon to the National Council on Compensation Insurance as administrator of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Insurance Plan.
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