Workers' Compensation News
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Nearly 5,000 Liens Activated Since Relaunch of Payment Portal
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11/16/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Nearly 5,000 liens were activated, bringing in close to $500,000 in fees, in the first four days after the Division of Workers' Compensation relaunched its online payment portal Monday.
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No Change to Overall Rates Next Year
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11/16/2015
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance has approved a rate filing that will result in no change to overall workers' compensation and employers' liability rates in 2016, the New Jersey Inspection and Rating Bureau announced Friday.
While overall premium level will remai...Read More
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Nurse Hotline Program Shows Promise at PG&E
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11/12/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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LAS VEGAS -- The number of worker injuries being reported at Pacific Gas & Electric is going up. But the company is happy with the result, because the injuries are being reported within a day or so of when they occur, a period when treatment is typically simpler and costs are lower.
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No Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits for Officer's Injuries
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11/10/2015
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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 a police officer was not entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits for his injuries from foreseeable risks of his job.
Case: Matter of Schoales v. DiNapoli, No. 519852, 10/29/2015, published.
Facts: Edward Schoales worked as a poli...Read More
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NCCI Submitting Supplemental Information on Rate Filing
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11/09/2015
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Instead of filing for a 5.1% rate decrease as requested by Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, the National Council on Compensation Insurance said Friday that it has submitted supplemental information to the Office of Insurance Regulation.
NCCI in August proposed a 1.9% rate decrea...Read More
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No Criminal Charges in Cryotherapy Death
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11/06/2015
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is not pursuing criminal charges for the death of a woman who was found in a cryotherapy machine in October, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Chelsea Patricia Ake Salvacion, 24, worked for Rejuvenice Cryotherapy in Las Vegas. She was ...Read More
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New Prescription Monitoring Law Takes Effect
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11/04/2015
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A new law requiring physicians to check a patient database before prescribing certain drugs such as oxycodone took effect in Oklahoma on Nov. 1.
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New Administrator Named for Division of Workers' Comp
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11/04/2015
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Wisconsin Division of Workers’ Compensation has a new administrator: BJ Dernbach, who has been a legislative liaison for the Department of Workforce Development for the last two years.
DWD Secretary Reggie Newson announced the appointment on Monday.
Dernbach succeed...Read More
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NSM Insurance Appoints Northeast Region Director
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11/02/2015
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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NSM Insurance Group announced last week the appointment of Dan Mogelnicki as director of the Northeast Region, based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
Mogelnicki previously served as president of NIF Group's largest branch in Manhasset, New York. He was responsible for overseeing the com...Read More
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New Maximum Disability Rates Annnounced
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10/30/2015
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Arkansas has announced increased maximum disability benefit rates for 2016.
The maximum weekly rate for total disability will be $646, up from $629 this year, while permanent partial disability increases to $485 from $472.
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