Workers' Compensation News
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MSF Grows Surplus by $28 Million | 08/20/2018 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana State Fund’s surplus increased by more than 5%, to $554.7 million in 2017, according to the carrier’s annual report. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads Guilty to Trucking While Taking $8,000 in Benefits | 08/17/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An upstate New York truck driver pleaded guilty this week to perjury after receiving almost $8,000 in workers' compensation benefits while continuing to work. ...Read More | |||
| Man Indicted on Workers' Comp Fraud Charges | 08/16/2018 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio man was charged with three counts of workers' compensation fraud, according to local news reports. Rodney Ashcraft, 60, of Findlay, Ohio, was indicted this week for allegedly defrauding the state-run Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation system of more than $7,500, the ...Read More | |||
| MEMIC Hires Two Safety Management Consultants | 08/14/2018 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The MEMIC Group has hired two safety management consultants, Susan Diffenderfer and Thomas Brennan, to serve the company’s Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets. Diffenderfer, of of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, is a licensed physical therapist with nearly 30 years of experience in in...Read More | |||
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Maiden Holdings' CEO Announces Retirement as Q2 Loss Reported | 08/13/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Bermuda-based reinsurance company Maiden Holdings has announced that its president and chief executive officer, Art Raschbaum, is retiring, effective Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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MedLogix Purchases Michigan Evaluation Group | 08/09/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| MedLogix LLC announced that it has acquired Michigan Evaluation Group, a provider of independent medical evaluations and peer review services. ...Read More | |||
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Manufacturer Faces $587K in Fines for Long List of Safety Violations | 08/07/2018 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A manufacturer of adhesives in Frankfort, Illinois, has received federal citations for 18 health and safety violations, and is facing proposed penalties of $587,564. ...Read More | |||
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Medicare Repayment Dispute Process Hits a Bump Under New CRC Contractor | 07/30/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A glitch involving the federal Commercial Repayment Center has led to some workers’ comp payers being referred for U.S. Treasury Department collection action even though they’ve followed proper procedures regarding money owed to Medicare, according to multiple sources. ...Read More | |||
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Medicare Set-Aside Bill Gets Companion in U.S. House | 07/30/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just five weeks after a bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate to streamline the frustrating approach to Medicare set-asides, a similar bill has been offered in the House of Representatives, which supporters say improves the chances of passage. ...Read More | |||
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Maintenance Worker Can't Add Conditions to Claim for Back Injury | 07/27/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a maintenance worker with a long history of back problems was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
