Workers' Compensation News
| New Eligibility Requirements Adopted for Wrapup Construction Policies | 01/04/2017 | ||
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| The Texas Department of Insurance has posted an order approving a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance to establish eligibility requirements for wrapup construction project policies. The changes in Item 02-TX-2016 apply to new and renewal workers’ compensat...Read More | |||
| NIOSH's Total Worker Health Offers New Workbook | 01/03/2017 | ||
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| The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released a workbook to help employers get started on workplace safety and health programs. The workbook is part of the Total Worker Health program, which emphasizes the following principals: Demonstrate leadershi...Read More | |||
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New Reforms to Curb Opioid Epidemic Go Into Effect Sunday | 12/29/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New health insurance reforms that go into effect Sunday and target the heroin and opioid epidemic in New York dovetail with the state's ongoing efforts to combat addiction within workers’ compensation, experts said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Widow of Police Officer Killed in Freak Traffic Accident | 12/29/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that a police officer's widow was not entitled to benefits for his death in a freak accident while driving home from an assignment. ...Read More | |||
| New Medical Fee Schedule Released With 1.7% Increase | 12/29/2016 | ||
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| The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has released the state's 2017 medical fee schedule. Fees have been increased 1.7% per the new statewide average weekly wage and apply to all services rendered starting Jan. 1. The...Read More | |||
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New Provider Rates Would Raise Costs by $80 Million, NCCI Estimates | 12/28/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Proposed new reimbursement rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services would raise costs in the Florida workers’ compensation system by an estimated $80 million, the National Council on Compensation Insurance says. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Wage Growth Expected to Accelerate in 2017 | 12/28/2016 | |
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| Wage growth is expected to pick up next year to a rate of 4.2%, while job growth will continue to slow, according to a quarterly economics briefing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Newspaper Details Family's Adjustment to Father's Work Injury | 12/28/2016 | |
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| A Vancouver, Washington, daily newspaper details one man's experience with the workers' compensation system after he was paralyzed in a work accident, in a story published this week. ...Read More | |||
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No Labor Law Claim for Worker Whose Face Was Smashed by Steel Beam | 12/23/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker did not have a viable Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck in the face by a steel beam. ...Read More | |||
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Nearly 9 Million Pain Pills Sent to Small Town Pharmacy, Investigation Finds | 12/22/2016 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The opioid crisis has hit especially hard the southern portion of West Virginia, which includes four of the top counties in the nation for fatal opioid overdoses, according to an investigative report in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. ...Read More | |||
