Workers' Compensation News
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Medtronic Acquires Maker of Artificial Hips, Knees | 06/10/2016 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medtronic Plc has acquired Responsive Orthopedics, a Minneapolis-based startup that makes artificial knees and hips. Medtronic executives ann...Read More | |||
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Metal Recycler Faces $121,000 in Penalties for Willful and Repeat Violations | 06/10/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A scrap and metal recycling company in Clifton has been named a “severe violator” by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after it was cited for eight repeat and five serious violations at its car-crushing operations, ...Read More | |||
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Medicare Contractor More Than Doubles Recovery From Primary Payers | 06/08/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In what may be a sign of things to come for workers’ comp payers, a government contractor last year dramatically increased the amount of money it recovered from group health plans to reimburse Medicare for payments the agency made, but for which it wasn't responsible. ...Read More | |||
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Medtronic, Mazor Robotics Sign Strategic Agreements | 06/07/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Mazor Robotics Ltd., a developer of bone-mounted surgical robotic guidance systems, has entered into two strategic agreements with medical technology company Medtronic PLC. ...Read More | |||
| Man's Firing After Work Comp Claim Leads To Lawsuit | 06/07/2016 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Lafourche Parish man is suing his employer for an unspecified amount, claiming he was fired after filing a workers’ compensation claim, the Louisiana ...Read More | |||
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MKRS Law Promotes Omar Perez Jr. to Equity Partner | 06/06/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Omar Perez Jr. Florida workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
| Max Benefit Rate Increasing July 1 | 06/02/2016 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maximum weekly benefit payments will increase 1.06% July 1 because of an increase in the average weekly wage paid to workers in West Virginia. The maximum weekly benefit for temporary total and permanent disability, as well as fatal claims, will increase to $787.06 from $778.83 at the sta...Read More | |||
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MedRisk Offers Webinar on Diagnostic Testing and Imaging | 06/02/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| MedRisk, a provider of physical rehabilitation and diagnostic imaging services for the workers’ compensation industry, is hosting a continuing-education webinar today on advances in diagnostic testing and imaging. ...Read More | |||
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Meat-Processing Injury Rate Improving But Still High, GAO Says | 05/27/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The rate of occupational injury and illnesses at meat and poultry processing plants declined by 42% from 2004 to 2013, but the industry continues to suffer from a higher rate of injuries than manufacturing as a whole, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accounting Office. ...Read More | |||
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Mail Carrier Sentenced to 13 Months for Double-Dipping | 05/24/2016 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Virginia letter carrier will serve 13 months in prison and pay $163,720.91 in restitution after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal workers' compensation program. ...Read More | |||
