Workers' Compensation News
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Medical Food Maker now in the Debt Collection Business
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01/06/2014
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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While the fate of the lien-activation fees imposed by Senate Bill 863 remains in limbo, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of medical foods has entered into an agreement that allows its customer physicians to sell their workers' compensation claims receivables.Targeted Medical Pha...Read More
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MIOSHA: 27 Work-Related Deaths Occurred in 2013
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01/06/2014
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that 27 work-related deaths occurred in 2013.Eight of the deaths were due to fall injuries, and seven deaths were crush-related fatalities. Six employees died as a result of "struck by" injuries, which included being st...Read More
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McCarty Releases 2013 'Fast Facts' on Insurance Regulation
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01/03/2014
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation collected nearly $9.6 million in fines and secured $7 million in refunds for consumers during the fiscal year ended on June 30, 2013, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty reported last week.The state agency collected the largest share of fines &...Read More
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Monarch Fire Turns to MEMI for New Work Comp Policy
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01/03/2014
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State: MO | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Monarch Fire Protection District has decided to switch workers' compensation carriers and will turn to Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance for coverage in 2014. The district's board of directors signed off on a coverage proposal from MEMI with a premium of $995,601, according...Read More
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Medical Fee Schedule Includes 1.52% Increase
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01/03/2014
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The state has released its 2014 medical fee schedule, which carries a 1.52% increase in rates, effective Jan. 1.By law, the medical fee schedule is adjusted by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index the previous year. While...Read More
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MASI Announces Comp Course Schedule
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12/31/2013
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State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers has released the schedule for its Certified Self-Insured Workers' Comp Professional courses in 2014.MASI has scheduled the first module, entitled "Work Comp Basis," for Jan. 29. The second module, entitled "Claims Management & Medical,...Read More
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McCarty: Comp Market Remains Competitive
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12/31/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Florida workers' compensation market remained competitive in 2012 but continues to outpace the nation in some medical costs, state Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty reported Monday.McCarty released the 2013 annual report of the state Office of Insurance Regulation Monday. He s...Read More
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Moody's Affirms A2 Issuer Rating for NCCI
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12/26/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Moody's Investors Service affirmed the A2 issuer rating for NCCI Holdings, the parent company of the National Council on Compensation Insurance, and gave NCCI a rating outlook of "stable."Moody's said in a rating update issued last week that the Boca Raton, Fla.-based workers'...Read More
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Man Accused of Faking Work Injuries to Obtain Drugs
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12/24/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Washington state Attorney General’s Office charged a 41-year-old man with 25 felonies for allegedly faking on-the-job injuries to get hospitals and medical clinics to prescribe him narcotics.Robert B. Boyer, Jr., is accused of visiting more than 36 emergency rooms and urgent ca...Read More
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Maximum Weekly Rate for TTD Rises to $892
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12/19/2013
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The state’s maximum workers' compensation rate will increase to $892 per week for temporary total disability, permanent total disability and death benefits for injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2014.By state law the maximum is two-thirds of the average weekly wa...Read More
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