Workers' Compensation News
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New Fraud Unit Has No Impact on Controversial Prosecutor-Insurer Arrangement | 10/28/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation’s new in-house fraud unit will not affect a controversial agreement between Texas Mutual Insurance and the Travis County District Attorney’s Office, officials said. ...Read More | |||
| Next Webinar in WCIRB 'Mod Talks' Series Nov. 17 | 10/27/2016 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is holding the last webinar in its “Mod Talks” series at 10 a.m. Nov. 17. The webinar will include an update on 2017 experience rating modifications, or X-mods, based on a variable split-point methodology the insurance co...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Factory Employee Cleared to Return to Sedentary Work | 10/27/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits after the date he was released to return to work at a position that accommodated his medical restrictions. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker Unemployed for Three Years Prior to Surgery | 10/21/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who was unemployed for three years prior to undergoing foot surgery was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for her recovery period. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Medical Severity, Utilization Fell Last Year | 10/20/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The medical severity of workers’ compensation claims fell last year in states administered by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, driven by a reduction in medical utilization per claim, NCCI said. ...Read More | |||
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NCRB Updates Rule Concerning Workers' Comp Coverage for PEOs | 10/17/2016 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Rate Bureau circulated two memos delineating policy changes to its member companies on Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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No Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits for Officer Injured Scaling Fence | 10/17/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer was not entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits for a hand injury from scaling a fence. ...Read More | |||
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New Study Finds Heart Risk With Short-Term NSAID Use | 10/14/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Recent use of prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, a commonly used alternative to opioids for treating pain, was associated with a 19% increase in the risk of hospitalization due to heart failure, in a study published last month in the British Medical Journal. ...Read More | |||
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National Ranking Puts State's WC Costs Double That of Neighbor | 10/14/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois dropped to eighth from seventh nationally in workers’ compensation premiums, but its costs remain more than double that of neighboring Indiana, according to a study released this...Read More | |||
| NCCI Recommends 1.2% Rate Cut for 2017 | 10/12/2016 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance said workers’ compensation rates are set to drop 1.2% in 2017. The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending the overall rate reduction, the department said in a statement Tuesday. While claim frequency has remained consistent, medi...Read More | |||
