Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Presentations Highlight State-Specific Issues
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08/15/2017
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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The workers’ compensation combined ratio for private insurers was a profitable 94% in 2015 and 2016, while net premiums written leveled off last year at $45.5 billion, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
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Neurologist Charged With Alleged Kickbacks for Patient Referrals
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08/10/2017
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State: NJ | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A neurologist in Bergen County, New Jersey, has been charged with third-degree conspiracy and commercial bribery for allegedly paying kickbacks to a chiropractor in exchange for patient referrals to his pain management facility.
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New WCC Office Has Space for Mediation
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08/08/2017
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission has moved its Virginia Beach Regional Office, which is now open at 281 Independence Blvd., Suite 310 in Virginia Beach.
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New Chronic Pain Guideline the Product of Painstaking Process
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08/07/2017
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Colorado’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has released a draft update to its medical treatment guidelines for chronic pain, more than doubling the length of the section on opioid prescribing.
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No Summary Judgment for Worker's Fall From Scaffold
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08/02/2017
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment wasn’t appropriate for a Labor Law claim when there were triable issues of fact regarding the ability of the worker to use the available fall protection equipment.
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NCCI Proposes Fifth Straight Rate Decrease Since 2011 Reforms
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07/28/2017
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By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 10.9% rate decrease effective Jan. 1 because of improved experience in policy year 2015 by Illinois insurers and declining lost-time claim frequency.
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New Policy on MSA Re-Review Will be Topic of Webinar
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07/28/2017
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Tower MSA Partners is offering a free webinar on Aug. 3 about the amended review policy for previously approved Medicare set-asides that was recently announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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Next Level Administrators Hires Rafael Zeno
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07/27/2017
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Next Level Administrators, a workers’ compensation claims administrator based in Bradenton, Florida, has hired Rafael “Rafi” Zeno to serve as the firm's business development manager.
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